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Phono-semantic matching

British pronunciation/fˈəʊnəʊsəmˈantɪk mˈatʃɪŋ/
American pronunciation/fˈoʊnoʊsəmˈæntɪk mˈætʃɪŋ/
Phono-semantic matching
[NOUN]
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the process in which a new word or morpheme is created by combining a sound component that resembles an existing word with a semantic component that reflects its meaning

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