morph into #4
アンジェリーナ・ジョリーが夫であるブラット・ピットに離婚を申請しました。「理解しがたい不和」が理由となっているそうです。
Jolie seeks divorce from Pitt
NEW YORK (AP) — Angelina Jolie Pitt has filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, bringing an end to what began as the world’s most tabloid headline-generating romance before morphing into a glamorous engine of family and philanthropy.
Jolie Pitt, 41, cited “irreconcilable difference” in divorce papers filed Monday in Los Angeles. She is seeking physical custody of their six children, with visitation rights for Pitt.
An attorney for Jolie Pitt, Robert Offer, said Tuesday that her decision to divorce was made “for the health of the family.” The filing dated the couple’s separation to last Thursday.
“I am very saddened by this, but what matters most now is the wellbeing of our kids. I kindly ask the press to give them the space they deserve during this challenging time,” Pitt said in a statement to People.
Though together for 12 years, Pitt and Jolie Pitt — known as “Brangelina” — only wed in August 2014. They married privately at their French chateau in the Provence hamlet of Correns with their children serving as ring bearers and throwing flower petals. They announced the ceremony days later.
Their children are: 15-year-old Maddox, 12-year-old Pax, 11-year-old Zahara, 10-year-old Shiloh, and 8-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne.
This is the second marriage for Pitt, 52, who previously wed Jennifer Aniston. It is the third for Jolie Pitt, who was previously married to Billy Bob Thornton and Jonny Lee Miller.
http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003230019
今回取り上げるのはmorph intoです。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』（第五版、大修館書店）を引くと「1．（コンピュータで）モーフィンする（徐々に形を変えて表示する） ２．変身する（させる）」という意味がるということがわかりました。
ここでchangeではなく、morphが使われている理由として、このビッグカップルが取り上げられていたのは写真・ゴシップ記事が中心のタブロイド紙が主だったことからと考えられます。
また、morphは「著しい変化」を表す名詞のmetamorphosisからきているそうです。(flyingbird)
morph into ~ - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
