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Definition of defectivation in English: defectivationnoun dɪˌfɛktɪˈveɪʃn Linguistics The fact of a marked inflectional category lacking certain features found in the corresponding unmarked category (e.g. the marked category of the future in French lacks a subjunctive, and is thus defective beside the present, which has both an indicative and a subjunctive); an instance of this.
Origin 1940s. From defective + -ation, after French défectivation (L. Hjelmslev, 1937 or earlier). Definition of defectivation in US English: defectivationnoundɪˌfɛktɪˈveɪʃn Linguistics The fact of a marked inflectional category lacking certain features found in the corresponding unmarked category (e.g. the marked category of the future in French lacks a subjunctive, and is thus defective beside the present, which has both an indicative and a subjunctive); an instance of this.
Origin 1940s. From defective + -ation, after French défectivation (L. Hjelmslev, 1937 or earlier). |