difrasismo
Appearance
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From di- + frase + -ismo. Coined by Ángel María Garibay K., attested in his writings in 1947.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]difrasismo m (plural difrasismos)
- (linguistics, of Mesoamerican languages) diphrastic kenning, a particular grammatical construction in which two separate words are paired together to form a single unit of meaning
Descendants
[edit]- → French: diphrasisme
References
[edit]- ^ Garibay, Ángel María (1947) “Paralipómenos de Sahagún”, in Tlalocan, volume 2, number 3, , pages 235–254