語言石化

詞法學中提到,語言石化指的是兩個相近的概念,一是保留了該古老語言發音上的特徵但失去了文法規則,另一則是失去了文法上的使用頻率(例如:詞綴),但某些詞彙仍在使用。[1]

語言石化也包括了語素石化字彙石化

註釋

  1. ^ The Dictionary of Historical and Comparative Linguistics, by Robert Lawrence Trask, Another definition of fossilization: fossilization is a process in which incorrect linguistic features become a permanent part a person speaks and writes in a language. p. 125