Multiple choice

Which of these is a process of language change?

  1. Etymology

  2. Grammaticalisation

  3. Compound

  4. Neologism

  5. Orthography

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B Correct answer
Explanation

In linguistics, grammaticalisation (also known as grammatisation, grammaticisation) is a process of language change by which words representing objects and actions (i.e., nouns and verbs) transform to become grammatical markers (affixes, prepositions, etc).