"rebracketing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rebracketings [plural]
Etymology: From re- + bracketing. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|re|bracketing}} re- + bracketing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} 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. Wikipedia link: rebracketing Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics Synonyms: metanalysis, resegmentation Related terms: folk etymology, libfix, reanalysis, surface analysis Translations (the process by which a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors): métanalyse [feminine] (French), mécoupure [feminine] (French), szóhatár-eltolódás (Hungarian), keliru susun (Indonesian), 異分析 (ibunseki) (Japanese), metanálise [feminine] (Portuguese)

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