reanalysis

English

Etymology

re- +‎ analysis

Noun

reanalysis (plural reanalyses)

1. A second or subsequent analysis.
2. (linguistics) Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. For example, hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.

Related terms

• reanalyze, reanalyse

Translations

reanalysis

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: reanalyse m

  Nynorsk: reanalyse m

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See also

• (linguistics: different analysis of a word's structure): surface analysis, folk etymology