| 词条 | Eggcorn |
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In linguistics, an eggcorn is an idiosyncratic substitution of a word or phrase for a word or words that sound similar or identical in the speaker's dialect (sometimes called oronyms). The new phrase introduces a meaning that is different from the original but plausible in the same context, such as "old-timers' disease" for "Alzheimer's disease".[1] An eggcorn can be described as an intra-lingual phono-semantic matching, a matching in which the intended word and substitute are from the same language. EtymologyThe term eggcorn was coined by professor of linguistics Geoffrey Pullum in September 2003 in response to an article by Mark Liberman on the website Language Log, a blog for linguists.[2] Liberman discussed the case of a woman who substitutes the phrase egg corn for the word acorn, and argued that the precise phenomenon lacked a name. Pullum suggested using "eggcorn" itself as a label. Similar phenomenaAn eggcorn differs from a malapropism, the latter being a substitution that creates a nonsensical phrase. Classical malapropisms generally derive their comic effect from the fault of the user, while eggcorns are substitutions that exhibit creativity, logic[3]{{Scientific citation needed|date=November 2017}} or ignorance. Eggcorns often involve replacing an unfamiliar, archaic, or obscure word with a more common or modern word ("baited breath" for "bated breath").[4] The phenomenon is similar to the form of wordplay known as the pun except that, by definition, the speaker or writer intends the pun to have some humorous effect on the recipient, whereas one who speaks or writes an eggcorn is unaware.[5] It is also similar to, but differs from, mondegreens or a folk etymology.[6] Examples
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References1. ^{{cite encyclopedia |year=2011 |title =eggcorn n. |encyclopedia=American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language |edition=fifth |publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |location=Boston |isbn=0-547-04101-2 }} 2. ^{{cite news | last = Erard | first = Michael | title = Analyzing Eggcorns and Snowclones, and Challenging Strunk and White |page=4 | work=The New York Times | date = June 20, 2006 | url = https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/20/science/20lang.html?ex=1308456000&en=76bbb00d355e9796&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss | accessdate = 2006-12-21 }} 3. ^1 {{cite journal |last=Peters |first=Mark |title=Word Watch: The Eggcorn – Lend Me Your Ear |journal=Psychology Today |volume=39 |issue=2 |page=18 |date=March–April 2006 |deadurl=yes |url=http://psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20060214-000002.html |accessdate=2006-07-13 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060709191315/http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/pto-20060214-000002.html |archivedate=2006-07-09 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite news |last = Staff |title = The word: Eggcorns |page=52 |publisher = New Scientist |date = 2006-08-26|url = https://www.newscientist.com/channel/opinion/mg19125662.000-the-word-eggcorns.html |accessdate = 2006-12-21 }} LexisNexis link 5. ^{{cite web|title=LADY MONDEGREEN SAYS HER PEACE ABOUT EGG CORNS|url=http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000074.html|date=2 Nov 2003|first=Arnold|last=Zwicky}} 6. ^{{cite web |url= http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000061.html |title=Phrases for lazy writers in kit form |date=October 27, 2003 |first=Geoffrey K |last=Pullum |authorlink=Geoffrey Pullum |publisher=Language Log |accessdate=November 25, 2007}} 7. ^{{cite web|url=http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/159/expatriot/|title=expatriate » expatriot |publisher=The Eggcorn Database |accessdate=2010-07-20 }} 8. ^{{cite news|last=Saner|first=Emine|title=Tiny eggcorns, mighty gaffes|page=2|publisher=The Guardian|date=2006-10-05|url=https://www.theguardian.com/g2/story/0,,1887732,00.html|accessdate= 2009-06-15|location=London}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/675/prey/ |title=pray » prey |publisher=The Eggcorn Database |accessdate=2010-06-10 }} 10. ^{{cite web |url=http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/32/intensive-purposes/ |title=intents and purposes » intensive purposes |publisher=The Eggcorn Database |accessdate=2016-06-29 }} Further reading
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