What does hypocorrect mean?
Hypocorrect means (grammar) Not completely correct; nonstandard..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(grammar) Not completely correct; nonstandard..
They produce hypocorrect forms in an effort to speak nonstandard black English.
Despite being second dialect learners, hypocorrect speakers are reinforcing linguistic divergence.
This example also shows the combination of a hypocorrect construction with a “high” stylistic figure, that is, paronomasia (or figura etymologica—mafʿūl muțlaq).
The surgeon can hypocorrect on the operating table, knowing that in the postoperative period an additional correction will result because of:...
Dillard (1977) and Baugh (19S7; 1992) have also shown that upper-middle class African American college students hypocorrect in their use of AAE phonology and grammar.
Similarly, the change bh>mh can be seen as a form of assimilation where listeners hypocorrect and misassign the nasality from a nasal segment to the labial fricative segment.
Use hypocorrect when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hypocorrect means (grammar) Not completely correct; nonstandard..
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They produce hypocorrect forms in an effort to speak nonstandard black English.
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