Hobson-Jobsonism
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Hobson-Jobson + -ism.
Noun[edit]
Hobson-Jobsonism (plural Hobson-Jobsonisms)
- (linguistics, countable) A word or phrase borrowed by one language from another and modified in pronunciation to fit the set of sounds the borrowing language typically uses.
- 2018, James Lambert, “Setting the Record Straight: An In-depth Examination of Hobson-Jobson”, in International Journal of Lexicography, volume 31, number 4, , page 501:
- One final set of terms of interest are Hobson-Jobsonisms, that is, loanwords that have undergone phonetic assimilation through what is described as ‘striving after meaning’, a term introduced by Yule.