- In sociolinguistics,
hypercorrection is the
nonstandard use of
language that
results from the
overapplication of a
perceived rule of language-usage prescription...
-
Hypercorrection is the
higher likelihood of
correcting a
general knowledge error when
originally certain that the
information they
understand is accurate...
- amuse-bouche is not even
listed in most dictionaries,
being a
euphemistic hypercorrection that
appeared in the 1980s on
restaurant menus and used
almost only...
- is just
between you and I" for "This is just
between you and me" (
hypercorrection to
avoid the
correct "you and me" form in the
predicate of co****tive...
-
instead of "He gave the ball to Bob and me". This is
often called a
hypercorrection,
since it is
perceived as
related to
avoidance of the
stigmatized incorrect...
-
example "an H-bomb" or "a H-bomb". The
pronunciation /heɪtʃ/ may be a
hypercorrection formed by
analogy with the
names of the
other letters of the alphabet...
- you and me'], but that did not make it any more correct". The term
hypercorrection, in this context,
refers to
grammatically incorrect usage, and is typically...
- mother-in-law.
Hypercorrection is
defined by
Wolfram as "the use of
speech form on the
basis of
false analogy."
DeCamp defines hypercorrection in a more precise...
- huaje). The
spelling “molé,”
often seen on English-language menus, is a
hypercorrection and not used in Spanish,
likely intended to
distinguish the
sauce from...
- from OE hūs-wīf 'house-wife' >
hussif (> 'hussy') > LME house-wife.
Hypercorrections may also
become established in a language,
leading to a
further kind...
