- A
solecism is a
phrase that
transgresses the
rules of grammar. The term is
often used in the
context of
linguistic prescription; it also
occurs descriptively...
-
Bedouin speech—positioning
itself against laḥnu‿l-ʿāmmah (لَحْن العامة), the
solecism it
viewed as defective. In the
second half of the 19th century, the British...
- the
prefix with the
surname alone (The
Reverend Smith) is
considered a
solecism in
traditional usage: it
would be as
irregular as
calling the
person in...
- language,
particularly one
regarded as an
error in morphology,
while a
solecism is an
error in syntax. The
label was
originally applied to
mixing Ancient...
- term for this
subject is orthology, and in this
sense its
opposite is
solecism. The
study of
orthoepeia by the Gr****
sophists of the 5th
century BCE,...
- educated.
Graffiti and low-quality
inscriptions with
misspellings and
solecisms indicate casual literacy among non-elites. The
Romans had an extensive...
- but I know
better the
other kind. He
never sinks to the
depths of my
solecisms, but
neither does he
scale my
verbal peaks.": 282
Nabokov translated...
-
English grammar Euphemism Grotesque body
Heteroglossia Linguistic purism Solecism Vernacular Johannes Tromp, The ****umption of Moses: A
Critical Edition...
-
intended to
display the
power and
grandeur of an
absolute Bourbon monarchy. A
solecism at
Caserta is that
above the
piano reale, the King's floor, is another...
- Disraeli, then just 23, did not move in high society, as the
numerous solecisms in his book made obvious.
Reviewers were
sharply critical on
these grounds...
