Hyperforeignism
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hyperforeignism-230-4136767
title:
Hyperforeignism
text:
A hyperforeignism is a type of hypercorrection where speakers identify an inaccurate pattern in loanwords from a foreign language and then apply that pattern to other loanwords. This results in a pronunciation of those loanwords which does not reflect the rules of either language. For example, the ⟨n⟩ in habanero is pronounced as in Spanish, but English speakers often pronounce it as. The proposed explanation is that English speakers are familiar with other Spanish loanwords like piñata and jala
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encyclopedia
description:
Type of linguistic hypercorrection
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperforeignism
date created:
2006-10-26T21:01:32Z
date modified:
2024-08-21T17:17:09Z
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