surface analysis

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noun
  1. 1

    (linguistics) Any synchronically valid analysis of a word’s morphology regardless of whether it represents its diachronic etymology, that is, its historical origin.

  2. 2

    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see surface, analysis.

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