| 单词 | the law of hobson-jobson |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe law of Hobson-Jobson b. the law of Hobson-Jobson: a phrase sometimes used of the process of adapting a foreign word to the sound-system of the adopting language. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [noun] > rule or law > specific Grimm's law1838 Verner's law1878 Grassmann's Law1886 Lachmann's law1889 the law of Hobson-Jobson1898 Sievers1934 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. 287/2 The name of the shell is a corruption of this word, by the law of Hobson-Jobson. 1919 H. L. Mencken Amer. Lang. 41 Its variations show a familiar effort to bring a new and strange word into harmony with the language—an effort arising from what philologists call the law of Hobson-Jobson. < as lemmas |
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