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subjectivization

subjectivization

9.1
A change when a word starts to show the speaker's personal view
  • noun
  • /səbˌdʒɛk.tɪ.vaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
  • Formal
translation icon : subjetivación
  • The subjectivization of language can reveal how speakers express personal attitudes.

Examples

  • Researchers analyze the subjectivization of modal verbs in different languages.

  • Linguists have observed the subjectivization of certain adverbs over time.

  • The subjectivization of language can change its meaning over time.

  • How does subjectivization impact communication?

  • Linguists have observed the subjectivization of certain adverbs over time.

  • The subjectivization of language can reveal how speakers express personal attitudes.

  • Researchers analyze the subjectivization of modal verbs in different languages.

Synonyms

subjectification
vssubjectivization
  • Jargon
9.7

Showing things from a personal point of view

focuses on meaning change that reflects the speaker's attitude rather than facts

Antonyms

9.9

The process of treating ideas or feelings like real things

How Subjective

subjectivization
  • Formal
9.1
subjectification
  • Jargon
9.7
connotation
44 6.1
literal
120 3.5

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.