English Explanatory Dictionary

law of Hobson-Jobson

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process by which words or phrases borrowed between languages will be modified in their pronunciation as necessary to conform to the set of sounds used by the borrowing language.

Word forms

law of Hobson-Jobson

Etymology

Coined by Edward Ellis Morris; based on Hobson-Jobson.

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