单词 | paronymic attraction |
释义 | > as lemmasparonymic attraction paronymic attraction n. Linguistics popular or folk etymology arising from similarity of appearance or sound. ΚΠ 1937 J. Orr tr. I. Iordan Introd. Romance Linguistics iii. 172 Dauzat puts forward an alternative term [for popular etymology] ‘paronymic attraction’. 1975 Language 51 970 Effects of loan translation, loan-creation or false loans, and paronymic attraction. 1993 Bull. School Oriental & Afr. Stud. 56 529 The isoglosses suggest that the /si?/ form is confined to southern-most areas..implying to me, if not an MK borrowing, then at least paronymic attraction /ci?/ > /si?/. < as lemmas |
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