false splitting

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Definition of false splitting in English English dictionary

Rebracketing (also known as juncture loss, junctural metanalysis, false splitting, misdivision, or refactorization) is a common process in historical linguistics where a word originally derived from one source is broken down or bracketed into a different set of factors. It is a form of folk etymology, where the new factors may appear meaningful (e.g., hamburger taken to mean a burger with ham), or may seem to be the result of valid morphological processes

Hyphenation

false split·ting

Turkish pronunciation

fôls splîtîng

Pronunciation

/ˈfôls ˈsplətəɴɢ/ /ˈfɔːls ˈsplɪtɪŋ/