surface analysis

== English == === Etymology === From surface (“an outward appearance”) +‎ analysis. === Noun === surface analysis (countable and uncountable, plural surface analyses) (linguistics) Any synchronically valid analysis of a word’s morphology regardless of whether it represents its diachronic etymology, that is, its historical origin. Synonym: surface etymology Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see surface,‎ analysis. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== ==== Further reading ==== diachrony and synchrony on Wikipedia.Wikipedia