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This paper clarifies the grammaticalization of a single form that belongs to multiple grammatical categories, specifically considering the so-called sono-ta hitei expressions hoka, kiri, shika, and pakk-ey ‘only’ in Japanese and Korean. These expressions behave as both negative polarity items (NPIs) and adverbial particles. The arguments of this paper are as follow: (i) These expressions are characterized by the following generalizations: The grammaticalization of adverbial particles and NPIs occurs at about the same time. Likewise, degrammaticalization of these grammar categories also occurs at around the same time. (ii) The reason for this could be that adverbial particles and NPIs belong to the same category, that is, the minor category. (iii) If a single grammatical form has more than one minor category, these categories possess a strong grammatical feature like a group. Therefore, they behave in the same manner when entering or exiting a minor category.