The generation and development of new morphemes are synchronized with the times. The establishment of their forms and extension of their meaning are both the result of decategorization and recategorization. The whole process is known as morphemization, which begins with an established linguistic form-lexical item, undergoes decategorization and recategorization and eventually generates a new linguistic form-morpheme. It is basically opposite to lexicalization which begins with the objective world, undergoes categorization and conceptualization and ultimately brings forth a linguistic symbol -w...
