出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/12/11 15:01 UTC 版)
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The development of the Old English content verb willan (“want”) into the modern English clitic -'ll (which cannot take stress, unlike its uncontracted form) as in "the woman I saw yesterday'll be there again today" is an example of grammaticalization. |
grammaticalize (third-person singular simple present grammaticalizes, present participle grammaticalizing, simple past and past participle grammaticalized)