Phono-semantic matching (PSM) is the incorporation of a word into one language from another, often creating a neologism, where the word's non-native quality...
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Ateji (section Phono-semantic matching)
kanji are sometimes chosen for both their semantic and phonetic values, a form of phono-semantic matching. A stock example is '倶楽部' ("kurabu") for "club"...
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may still be an indirect connection between them (for example by phono-semantic matching or folk etymology). The term "false cognate" is sometimes misused...
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basic material for the neologization: phono-semantic matching, semanticized phonetic matching and phonetic matching. The following are examples of external...
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and lexical semantics List of calques Newspeak Phono-semantic matching Q-based narrowing Retronym Semantic field Skunked term "13 Words That Changed From...
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literally means 'earthy thorny', and is an Arabicisation (through phono-semantic matching) of the English word artichoke or other European terms like it...
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multisourced neologisms such as phono-semantic matching.[citation needed] Zuckermann's exploration of phono-semantic matching in Standard Mandarin and Meiji...
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that match the connotation of the overall word. This process of phono-semantic matching results in a lexicon containing only Zionic word forms, which exclude...
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If an attempt is made to match meaning as well as sound, it is phono-semantic matching. Frayer Jerker (1956) is a homophonic translation of the French...
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Word game (section Semantic games)
dictionary Double entendre Language game List of puzzle video games Phono-semantic matching Puns Puzzles Rebuses – picture puzzles representing a word Verbal...
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Phonetic matching may refer to: Phono-semantic matching Phonetic algorithm, an algorithms for phonetic string matching. This disambiguation page lists...
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Loanword (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
Hybrid word Inkhorn term Language contact Neologism Phono-semantic matching Reborrowing Semantic loan "loanword". Dictionary. Merriam-Webster. Retrieved...
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monastery of Carthusian monks. The English word is derived by phono-semantic matching from the French word chartreuse and it is therefore sometimes misunderstood...
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words by country or language of origin Loanword Macaronic language Phono-semantic matching Soramimi Translation Nash, Walter (1985). The Language of Humor...
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pun Dialect Diglossia Homophonic translation Macaronic language Phono-semantic matching Register Discourse analysis Language varieties Linguistic description...
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creating new words Phono-semantic matching: camouflaged/pun borrowing in which a foreign word is matched with a phonetically and semantically similar pre-existent...
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advertisement and humor, and are also common in Chinese loans, for example phono-semantic matching of brand names, computer jargon, technological terms and toponyms...
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Blend word (category Pages using the Phonos extension)
List of geographic portmanteaus List of portmanteaus Phonestheme Phono-semantic matching Portmanteau sentence Syllabic abbreviation Wiktionary category:English...
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everyday speech. Unlike code-switching, where a switch tends to occur at semantically or sociolinguistically meaningful junctures, this code-mixing has no...
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of forms of word play List of taxa named by anagrams Metaphor Phono-semantic matching Simile Pun "definition of wordplay". Oxford Dictionaries Online...
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šariba meaning 'to drink'. That said, it is highly likely that phono-semantic matching occurred during the loaning of the word into Arabic, which would...
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carrying a particular genotype Expressive loan, a type of loanword in phono-semantic matching Expressive power (computer science) of a programming language Expressive...
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Language planning Mondegreen Morphology (linguistics) Nonce word Phono-semantic matching Protologism Retronym Sniglet Syllabic abbreviations Word formation...
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Měilìjiān (simplified Chinese: 美利坚; traditional Chinese: 美利堅, phono-semantic matching of "American") and "guó" means "country", so this name is unrelated...
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False friend (section Semantic change)
phenomenon is analyzed by Ghil'ad Zuckermann as "(incestuous) phono-semantic matching". Auto-antonym Dunglish Equivalence in language translation Etymological...
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extended metaphorically. Calque List of calques Semantics Semantic change Phono-semantic matching Polysemy Durkinb, Philip (7 July 2011). "5. Lexical borrowing...
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Language change (section Semantic changes)
Language transfer Morphemization Neologism Origin of language Phono-semantic matching Variation (linguistics) Wave model (linguistics) Romaine, Suzanne...
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preposition used in comparisons) Metaphor Metonymy Personification Phono-semantic matching Tautology (language) Simile aria The Bedford Glossary of Critical...
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sound like the original while incorporating Chinese morphemes (phono-semantic matching), such as 马利奥; 馬利奧 (Mǎlì'ào) for the video game character 'Mario'...
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