grammatikalised
Grammatikalised is an adjective used in linguistics to describe a word, phrase, or construction that has undergone grammaticalisation, the process by which forms with lexical meanings become grammatical markers. A grammatikalised form typically shifts from a concrete content word to a function word or clitic that marks tense, aspect, mood, evidentiality, negation, definiteness, or modality, and often loses some of its original semantic content in the process.
Features commonly associated with grammatikalised forms include semantic bleaching, phonological reduction, frequent use in fixed constructions,
Grammatikalised items may appear as auxiliary-like heads in periphrastic constructions, as clitics attached to hosts, or
Cross-linguistically, many languages show grammatikalised forms in the evolution of tense systems, evidential markers, negation, or
See also: grammaticalisation, linguistic change, language history.