metanalysemetanalyzev.
/mɛˈtanəlʌɪz/, /mɛˈtanl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /mɛdˈænəˌlaɪz/, /mɛdˈænlˌaɪz/ Linguistics.
transitive. To alter (a word or part of a word) by metanalysis.
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the mind > language > [verb (transitive)] > process in linguistic change
accommodate1790
grammaticalize1937
metanalyse1962
1962 R. Quirk Use of English viii. 127 When the French word crevice..was introduced into Middle English, its connexion with ‘sea food’ caused people to metanalyse the final syllable as -fish (‘crayfish’).
1970 B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. iv. 250 Assimilations account for the /m/ (earlier /n/) in such words as comfort, noumpire (later metanalysed as umpire).
1970 B. M. H. Strang Hist. Eng. iv. 268 For then ones metanalysed as for the nonce.
1989 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 34 361 It is conceivable that strings having the form [ele[v]]..were reanalyzed (metanalyzed) as [el[e[v]]].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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