| 单词 | inverse spelling |
| 释义 | > as lemmasinverse spelling inverse spelling n. an unetymological spelling based on the spelling of a similar sounding word or phoneme, esp. one in which an unetymological element is inserted in a word on the basis of analogy with another word where the element in question is etymologically justified, but is no longer pronounced, e.g. the spelling of limb (Old English lim) with a b, by analogy with lamb (Old English lamb). ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > spelling > [noun] > unetymological spelling, not phonetic inverted spelling1891 inverse spelling1902 1902 C. C. Rice Phonol. Gallic Clerical Lat. (Ph.D. thesis, Harvard Univ.) 65 If he pronounced the group as ns, his inverse spelling concinsi[sc. for consinsi] is not absolutely phonetic. 1925 Amer. Speech 1 146/1 In the early part of the seventeenth century..we already find the levelling of the two sounds of w and wh. The word which is spelled wich and..the identity of the two sounds is confirmed by inverse spellings such as whearing apparel. 1956 N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk v. 194 Occasionally inverse spellings occur, for example forks for folks,..and polk for pork. 2002 E. H. Antonsen Runes & Germanic Linguistics vi. 114 Inverse spellings..cannot be explained otherwise than as the result of confusion on the part of the writer concerning the manner in which a particular phoneme should be rendered in writing. < as lemmas |
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