English Dictionary

back-formation

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.

日本語の意味

（言語学）既存の単語から、実際または認識上の形態素を取り除くことにより、その単語が派生語であると誤解することから、新たな単語を形成する過程。 / （言語学）既存の語に含まれる付加部分（接尾辞など）を除去することで、本来ないはずの語形が生み出される現象。

In the lecture, she explained back-formation as the process that produced the verb burgle from the noun burglar by removing an apparent agent suffix.

講義で彼女は、元の語から見かけ上の接尾辞を取り除くことで新しい語を作る過程、たとえば名詞「burglar」から動詞「burgle」を生み出すこととして逆形成を説明した。

意味（1）

(uncountable, linguistics) The process by which a new word is formed from an older word by interpreting the former as a derivative of the latter, often by removing a morpheme (real or perceived) from the older word, such as the verb burgle, formed by removing -ar (perceived as an agent-noun suffix) from burglar.

意味（2）

(countable) A word created in this way.

Back-formations, such as tambour (for play the tambourine), are a staple of comedic wordplay.

back-formations （ plural ）