English Explanatory Dictionary

surface analysis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any synchronically valid analysis of a word’s morphology regardless of whether it represents its diachronic etymology, that is, its historical origin.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see surface, analysis.

Word forms

surface analysis surface analyses

Etymology

From surface (“an outward appearance”) + analysis.

Synonyms

surface etymology

Related words

folk etymology reanalysis rebracketing typology
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