Original sentence: Cheshirization has been used by some other authors (e.In historical linguistics, transphonologization (also known as rephonologization or cheshirization, see below) is a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature X evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature Y.James Matisoff (1991:443) coined cheshirization as a synonym for transphonologization.John McWhorter in McWhorter 2005, and Hilary Chappell in Chappell 2006).The term jokingly refers to the Cheshire Cat, a character in the book Alice in Wonderland, who "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone"
Edited sentence: Cheshirization has been used by some authors (e.In historical linguistics, transphonologization is a type of sound change whereby a phonemic contrast that used to involve a certain feature X evolves in such a way that the contrast is preserved, yet becomes associated with a different feature Y.James Matisoff (1991:443) attempted the coinage cheshirization, as a synonym for transphonologization.McWhorter 2005; Chappell 2006) but never really caught on, due to its opacity.Other tentative terms have been used to describe the same phenomenon – including rephonologization and cheshirization – yet with less success (see below).That  term jokingly refers to the Cheshire Cat, a character in the book Alice in Wonderland, who "vanished quite slowly, beginning with the end of the tail, and ending with the grin, which remained some time after the rest of it had gone"