epenthesisn.

/ɛˈpɛnθɪsɪs/

Forms: Also epenthesy (in modern dictionaries).

Etymology: late Latin epenthesis, < Greek ἐπένθεσις, < ἐπί in addition + ἐν in + θέσις placing, < τιθέναι to place. Compare French epenthèse.

Grammar.

(See quot. 1656) Subsequently used in a wider sense to account for the presence of an unetymological vowel (cf. anaptyxis n.) or consonant. In modern philology applied spec. to the phonetic change which consists in the transference of a semi-vowel to the syllable preceding that in which it originally occurred, as in Greek χαίρω from an earlier *kharjō.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > [noun] > linguistic change > specific features or processes involved in

analogy1569

deflection1603

epenthesis1656

sandhi1806

relic1835

anamorphosis1862

metanalysis1914

drift1921

adstratum1939

grammaticalization1955

relexification1962

1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 171 Epenthesis is the interposition of a letter or syllable in the midst of a word.

1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. 197 In such presents as ϕθείρω, the ει is not to be regarded as the result of Epenthesis.

1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 66 Epenthesis, the interpolation in a word or sound-group of a sound or letter which has no etymological justification for appearing there.

1955 Sci. Amer. Aug. 79/2 Sometimes you hear a consonant inserted where the spelling of the word suggests no such sound: fambly for family, chimbley for chimney. The name of this phenomenon, from the Greek, is ‘epenthesis’.

1968 Language 44 281 A number of phonetic treatments which are shared by Gathic and Younger Avestan but not by either Sogdian or Ossetic: (1) There is no trace of i- or u- epenthesis.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	epenthesis
释义	epenthesisn. /ɛˈpɛnθɪsɪs/ Forms: Also epenthesy (in modern dictionaries). Etymology: late Latin epenthesis, < Greek ἐπένθεσις, < ἐπί in addition + ἐν in + θέσις placing, < τιθέναι to place. Compare French epenthèse. Grammar. (See quot. 1656) Subsequently used in a wider sense to account for the presence of an unetymological vowel (cf. anaptyxis n.) or consonant. In modern philology applied spec. to the phonetic change which consists in the transference of a semi-vowel to the syllable preceding that in which it originally occurred, as in Greek χαίρω from an earlier *kharjō. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > [noun] > linguistic change > specific features or processes involved in analogy1569 deflection1603 epenthesis1656 sandhi1806 relic1835 anamorphosis1862 metanalysis1914 drift1921 adstratum1939 grammaticalization1955 relexification1962 1656 J. Smith Myst. Rhetorique Unvail'd 171 Epenthesis is the interposition of a letter or syllable in the midst of a word. 1888 J. E. King & C. Cookson Princ. Sound & Inflexion Greek & Lat. 197 In such presents as ϕθείρω, the ει is not to be regarded as the result of Epenthesis. 1954 M. A. Pei & F. Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 66 Epenthesis, the interpolation in a word or sound-group of a sound or letter which has no etymological justification for appearing there. 1955 Sci. Amer. Aug. 79/2 Sometimes you hear a consonant inserted where the spelling of the word suggests no such sound: fambly for family, chimbley for chimney. The name of this phenomenon, from the Greek, is ‘epenthesis’. 1968 Language 44 281 A number of phonetic treatments which are shared by Gathic and Younger Avestan but not by either Sogdian or Ossetic: (1) There is no trace of i- or u- epenthesis. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1656
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