metanalysis
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English
Alternative forms
- (sense 1): meta-analysis
Etymology
meta- + analysis. In the linguistic sense coined by Danish linguist Otto Jespersen.
Pronunciation
Noun
metanalysis (countable and uncountable, plural metanalyses)
- Meta-analysis.
- Synonym: meta-analysis
- a metanalysis of 35 existing studies
- (linguistics) The act of breaking down a word or phrase into segments or meanings not original to it; breaking down the original boundaries between morphemes, words, or other units.
- Synonym: rebracketing
- Coordinate term: reanalysis
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Related terms
Translations
rebracketing — see rebracketing
References
Meta-analysis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
