recompositionn.
/riːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃn/, U.S. /riˌkɑmpəˈzɪʃ(ə)n/ 1. The action or process of recomposing; an instance of this. Also: a thing which has been recomposed.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > creating again > constructing again
re-edification1473
re-edifying?a1475
rebuilding1585
re-erection1643
recomposition1655
reconstruction1791
society > communication > printing > preparatory processes > composing > [noun] > recomposing
resetting1804
recomposition1897
1655 R. Overton Man wholly Mortal (ed. 2) i. 24 There is no more time to him after his death to the Resurrection, or recomposition of his elements, then there was to him from the creation to his birth.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus 340 Which is the Root of the Cube..; which may be proved by re-composition.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Recomposition, in Chemistry, the compounding of bodies from their separated parts, or principles, so as to compose the original whole again.
1788 J. Priestley in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 17 The formation, the decomposition, and recomposition of water.
1871 Daily News 9 Feb. He gives us, instead of a mere translation, an English recomposition.
1897 Daily News 2 Feb. 2/1 To omit or insert even a comma..requires the re-composition and re-casting of the entire line.
1911 J. Baring-Gould & J. Fisher Lives Brit. Saints III. 150 The Life of S Gudwal is a recomposition of a much more ancient biography.
2005 M. Woods Rural Geogr. ii. vi. 84/1 Differential migration..leads to the recomposition of social classes in rural communities.
2. Linguistics.
a. A process of derivation characterized by the retention or restoration in a derived form of vowels from its simplexes or etymons. Also: an instance of this, a form so derived.Contrasted with expected weakening of vowel-sounds in the elements of derived words as a result of regular sound change, esp. in Greek and Latin.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > other specific types of word-formation
metaplasmOE
subunion1534
encapsulation1860
stem-building1870
incorporation1874
recomposition1885
back-formation1888
contamination1888
stem-composition1902
recomposition1964
1885 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 6 471 I cannot allow that it [sc. Latin exagium] was formed from exigo, or that it is a re-formation of an *exigium, although such ‘recompositions’, as Seelman (Aussprache des Lat.) calls them, are common in the later Latin.
1886 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 7 246 Considerable attention is paid to ‘recomposition’ where the same elements enter in as in older words, but with different accent and with the vowel of the simplex unchanged.
1891 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 12 227 The phenomenon of recomposition, giving rise to obtenere, reclausus, exaestimo, infrango etc., is discussed at length by Bonnet, who takes issue with Seelman, contending that it is bookish and artificial and not likely to be a popular process.
1935 T. Hudson-Williams Short Introd. Study Compar. Gram. 8 Recomposition is a species of analogy; the form of a compound verb is affected by that of the simple verb; the simple form is restored or, occasionally, retained consciously in the compound; e.g. sē + paro should give..sēpero; but the literary dialect reformed it to sēparo... Decomposition is the opposite process, the simple verb being affected by the compound.
1995 A. L. Sihler New Compar. Gramm. Greek & Lat. 197 Another important factor to be reckoned with in assimilation phenomena is recomposition, wherein the effects of regular sound laws in compounds are modified by leveling (the importation of elements from other, usually clearer, formations).
b. The use of an element extrapolated from existing words as an affix for forming new words.
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the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > morphology > word-formation > [noun] > other specific types of word-formation
metaplasmOE
subunion1534
encapsulation1860
stem-building1870
incorporation1874
recomposition1885
back-formation1888
contamination1888
stem-composition1902
recomposition1964
1964 A. Martinet Elem. Gen. Ling. iv. 126 An element like tele-..which today combines freely with monemes and syntagms that exist outside the combinations in question..behaves in fact like an affix... Perhaps in the case where a new syntagm is formed we might speak of ‘recomposition’ from elements which are extracted by analysis.
1972 R. R. K. Hartmann & F. C. Stork Dict. Lang. & Linguistics 192/2 Recomposition, the process or result of using a borrowed element as an affix to form new words, e.g. tele in telecast, teleview, teleprinter.
1993 S. Noreiko in C. Sanders French Today 180 The line between composition and recomposition is growing fainter as the elements themselves acquire greater autonomy... Télé from téléfilm is the now independent télé from télévision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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