Associations to the word «Reanalysis»

Wiktionary

REANALYSIS, noun. A second or subsequent analysis.
REANALYSIS, noun. (linguistics) Analyzing a lexeme with a different structure from its original, often by misunderstanding. For example, hamburger, which is originally Hamburg + -er, was reanalyzed as ham + -burger, which produced words like cheeseburger.

Wise words

Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
Oliver Wendell Holmes