Barbaralalia
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Barbaralalia is a noun meaning (dated) The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect.
Meaning
(dated) The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect.
Example Sentences
The correction of barbaralalia (foreign accent) is in the strictest sense speech re-education, since the speech correctionist is aiding the foreign speaker to change one set of speech habits for another.
We may then summarize the usual defects of speech which characterize barbaralalia as follows: (1) sound substitutions (2) sound additions (3) sound omissions (4) misplaced stress (5) incorrect intonation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include paralalia, palatalism, palatalization, palatalisation, palatality, palatization.
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