Linguistic term needed

[Pamela Munro]

This was a new one on me, so I searched online and found that
"paronomasia" seems to be a more common spelling, for what that's worth.
(The dictionary seems to think it means about the same as "punning".) A
useful term.

Pam


Rory M Larson wrote:

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>>I believe the term paranomasia fits the bill. At least, that's what I
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>>it my work. This happens occasionally in Native America historically.
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>Thanks, Michael!
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>Yow!  What a mouthful!
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>Rory
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>I believe the term paranomasia fits the bill. At least, that's what I call
>it my work. This happens occasionally in Native America historically. I've
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>Michael
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>On Sun, 11 Apr 2004, Rory M Larson wrote:
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>>Does anybody have a proper linguistic term for the phenomenon
>>of borrowing a word from a foreign language in such a way as to
>>build a native construction that approximately chimes with the
>>phonological sequence of the original?  I've been using "pun",
>>but I suspect there's a more appropriate term for it.
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>>Thanks!
>>Rory
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