cheshirization

发音

US /ˌt͡ʃɛʃəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
其它
UK /ˌt͡ʃɛʃəɹaɪˈzeɪʃən/
US /-ɹə-/
UK /-ɹə-/
US /-ɹɪ-/
UK /-ɹɪ-/

别名

cheshirisation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of transphonologization (“a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature”).

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词源

From Cheshire (cat) (“fictional cat which disappeared leaving only its smile, from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) by the English author Lewis Carroll (1832–1898)”) + -ization (suffix forming nouns denoting the act, process, or result of doing or making something), coined by the American linguist James Matisoff (born 1937) in a 1991 book chapter entitled “Areal and Universal Dimensions of Grammatization in Lahu”.

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