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The meta-analysis (or mcoupure) is a phonetic changes undergone by any one word incorrectly analyzed as to its morpheme or a phrase incorrectly analyzed as to its lemma. In a more simple, it is a mistake in cutting the chain of sounds heard leading to the emergence of a new word from this mistake cutting.

The meta-analysis can be incidental and sanctioned by usage as an error (error sometimes required) or lexicalized and then be counted to the rank of the lemma in the lexicon.

meta-analysis non-lexicalized

This type of meta-analysis leading to a "mistake", it may be laughable, especially when pun ambiguous. A famous example can be given: " meta-analysis lexicalized

Any meta-analysis is involuntary, some, however, acquire a status in the language standard. They say they are lexicalized. Of affixes become such productive meta-analysis (they used to build new words ), or obtain the status of full lemma.

From omnibus word Latin compound of a radical omni-"all" and an ending bus ( dative plural) meaning "for all" (meaning "vehicle"), the language has given birth to bus on the model of car, as if indicating bus was a radical idea of "public vehicle" (it would have been fairer to choose the direction of the morpheme omni). A bus is a "public vehicles Related articles


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