Hypercorrection
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title:
Hypercorrection
text:
In sociolinguistics, hypercorrection is the nonstandard use of language that results from the overapplication of a perceived rule of language-usage prescription. A speaker or writer who produces a hypercorrection generally believes through a misunderstanding of such rules that the form or phrase they use is more "correct", standard, or otherwise preferable, often combined with a desire to appear formal or educated. Linguistic hypercorrection occurs when a real or imagined grammatical rule is app
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encyclopedia
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Non-standard language usage from the overapplication of a perceived prescriptive rule
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection
date created:
2003-08-04T20:28:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T02:26:08Z
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