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(linguistics) Any valid analysis of a word's morphology regardless of whether it represents its etymology in the strict sense of that word (that is, the historical origin); for example, the word biology has a surface analysis of bio- + -logy although it was not coined as the combination of those combining forms (in fact predating them). The word can validly be viewed as an example of words ending in the suffix -ology even though it was not coined as one (whereas many analogous but newer words were thus coined, such as immunology).
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surface analysis
Noun
countable
uncountable
(linguistics)
Any
valid
analysis
of
a
word's
morphology
regardless
of
whether
it
represents
its
etymology
in
the
strict
sense
of
that
word
(that
is,
the
historical
origin);
for
example,
the
word
biology
has
a
surface
analysis
of
bio-
+
-logy
although
it
was
not
coined
as
the
combination
of
those
combining
forms
(in
fact
predating
them).
The
word
can
validly
be
viewed
as
an
example
of
words
ending
in
the
suffix
-ology
even
though
it
was
not
coined
as
one
(whereas
many
analogous
but
newer
words
were
thus
coined,
such
as
immunology).
Japanese Meaning
単語の形態論的構造を、必ずしも厳密な語源に基づかず、その表面上の形態に注目して解析する方法。 / 語の分解において、歴史的起源よりも見た目の構成要素を重視して行われる分析手法。
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(linguistics)
Any
valid
analysis
of
a
word's
morphology
regardless
of
whether
it
represents
its
etymology
in
the
strict
sense
of
that
word
(that
is,
the
historical
origin);
for
example,
the
word
biology
has
a
surface
analysis
of
bio-
+
-logy
although
it
was
not
coined
as
the
combination
of
those
combining
forms
(in
fact
predating
them).
The
word
can
validly
be
viewed
as
an
example
of
words
ending
in
the
suffix
-ology
even
though
it
was
not
coined
as
one
(whereas
many
analogous
but
newer
words
were
thus
coined,
such
as
immunology).
（ plural ）
