reanalysis

English

Etymology

re- +‎ analysis

Noun

reanalysis (plural reanalyses)

A second or subsequent analysis.
(linguistics) Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. For example, hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.

Related terms

reanalyze, reanalyse

Translations

reanalysis

Norwegian:
Bokmål: reanalyse m

Nynorsk: reanalyse m

See also

(linguistics: different analysis of a word's structure): surface analysis, folk etymology

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