subjectivization
- noun
- /səbˌdʒɛk.tɪ.vaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
- Formal
- The subjectivization of language can reveal how speakers express personal attitudes.
Examples
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Researchers analyze the subjectivization of modal verbs in different languages.
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Linguists have observed the subjectivization of certain adverbs over time.
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The subjectivization of language can change its meaning over time.
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How does subjectivization impact communication?
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Linguists have observed the subjectivization of certain adverbs over time.
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The subjectivization of language can reveal how speakers express personal attitudes.
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Researchers analyze the subjectivization of modal verbs in different languages.
Synonyms
Showing things from a personal point of view
Antonyms
How Subjective
Surface Forms
Morphology
subjectivization = subjective (transparent) = subject + ive + ize + ation
The term denotes the process of making meanings reflect speaker attitudes; structurally this is 'subjective' + '-ization', a transparent nominalization even if the sense is technical.
Etymology
Subjectivization comes from subjective ('personal, showing a person's view') together with -ize ('make') and -ation ('process'). So subjectivization names the change by which a word or expression becomes more about the speaker's 'view' than about objective facts.