👉 In linguistics, "transitionalness" is a concept that refers to the transition from one language or dialect to another. It can be defined as the change in grammar and vocabulary patterns between two languages or dialects. Transitional terms are often used to describe the transition of a word or phrase from one part of speech to another, or the way words are arranged within sentences. For example, "the" is a transitional term because it changes from "be" to "is" in English