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Phono-semantic matching

Phono-semantic matching (PSM) is the incorporation of a word into one language from another, often creating a neologism, where the word's non-native quality is hidden by replacing it with phonetically and semantically similar words or roots from the adopting language. Thus the approximate sound and meaning of the original expression in the source…

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Phono-semantic matching

Nodes127
Edges126
Triples78
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015748
Components1

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Phono-semantic matching

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related to Modern Hebrew · 35
Phono-semantic matching → Alef, Arial, Biblical, Cardo, David, David CLM, David Libre, English, Ezra SIL, Ezra SIL SR, For, Frank Ruehl CLM, FreeSans, FreeSerif, Gisha, Hadasim CLM, Hebr, Instead, Israeli Hebrew, Keter Aram Tsova
related to Icelandic · 19
Phono-semantic matching → AIDS, Danish, Dr Björn Bjarnarson, East, English, For, Greek, Iceland, Icelandic, Icelandic-looking, It, Létt, Other PSMs, PSM, Sapir, Similarly, Tækni, Viðfjörður, Zuckermann
related to Arabic · 13
Phono-semantic matching → Andalusian Arabic, Arabic, Beginning, English, Examples, Italian, Lebanon, Levantine Arabic, Northern Italian, Old Spanish, Syria, The, Zuckermann
related to history · 11
Phono-semantic matching → Academy, Einar Haugen's, Examples, Ghil'ad Zuckermann, He, Hebrew Language, It, PSM, The, While Haugen, Zuckermann

Important terminology Word statistics

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Important terminology

word meaning english matching phono-semantic language sound example psm chinese mandarin words zuckermann characters cf source phonetic expressive translation phonetically

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicZuckermann0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicBeginning0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicArabic0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicAndalusian Arabic0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicOld Spanish0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicItalian0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicNorthern Italian0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicEnglish0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicThe0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicLevantine Arabic0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicSyria0.60section
Phono-semantic matchingrelated to ArabicLebanon0.60section

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