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==English==
==English==
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===Etymology===
From {{prefix|en|re|bracketing}}.


===Noun===
===Noun===
{{examples|
{{en-noun|s|-}}
* {{m|en|hamburger}} as {{af|en|ham|burger|nocat=1}} (rather than {{af|en|Hamburg|-er|nocat=1}})
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* {{m|en|helicopter}} as {{af|en|heli|copter|nocat=1}} (rather than {{af|en|helico|-pter|nocat=1}})
# {{context|linguistics|lang=en}} The process by which a [[word]] originally [[derive]]d from one [[source]] is broken down or bracketed into a different set of [[factor]]s.
* {{m|en|weblog}} as {{af|en|we|blog|nocat=1}} (rather than {{af|en|web|log|nocat=1}})
#: ''The understanding of "hamburger" as "ham + burger" (rather than "Hamburg" + "-er") is an example of '''rebracketing'''.''
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# {{lb|en|linguistics}} The process by which a [[word]] originally [[derive]]d from one [[source]] is broken down or bracketed into a different set of [[factor]]s.
#: {{syn|en|metanalysis|resegmentation}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top-see|the process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors|reanalysis}}
* French: {{t+|fr|métanalyse|f}}, {{t+|fr|mécoupure|f}}
* Hungarian: {{t|hu|szóhatár-eltolódás}}
* Indonesian: {{t|id|keliru susun}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|metanálise|f}}
* Japanese: {{t|ja|異分析|tr=ibunseki}}

* Spanish: {{t|es|nirucción|f}}
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===See also===
* {{l|en|folk etymology}}
* {{l|en|libfix}}
* {{l|en|reanalysis}}
* {{l|en|surface analysis}}

Latest revision as of 03:43, 19 August 2024

English

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From re- +‎ bracketing.

Noun

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Examples

rebracketing (countable and uncountable, plural rebracketings)

  1. (linguistics) The process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors.
    Synonyms: metanalysis, resegmentation

Translations

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See also

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