10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HYPERURBANISM»
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The Handbook of Good English
I say is calling! is a hyperurbanism, caused by excessive admiration of the
supposedly more elegant whom (see Rule 1-6). The adjective hypercorrect is
probably more common in reference to such errors than the noun hyperurbanism.
2
Language History: An introduction
The near synonym hyperurbanism is particularly applied to hypercorrections that
aim at some form of speech thought to be somehow 'higher' than the speaker's
own, such as the 'careful pronunciations' kitching, chicking for kitchen, chicken, ...
3
Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics
New York. hyperurbanism => hypercorrection hypocoristic [Grk hypokoristikon '
pet name'] Expression with a diminutive semantic component that is formed by
suffixes (cigarette), short forms (Phil), or syllable doubling (choo-choo), and so on
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Hadumod Bussmann, Kerstin Kazzazi, Gregory Trauth, 2006
Verbal excess of this sort is known as "hyperurbanism" — the substitution of a big
or abstract term for a simple word to show that the writer is well educated. (
Hyperurbanism, a trendy word in the business community, is itself an example of
the ...
5
A drillbook of Spanish pronunciation
DIALECTAL VARIATION 7 Hyperurbanism Along with similar terms like
hypercorrection or ultracor- rection, the term hyperurbanism refers to the
occasional over correction of one's speech in order to offset some real or
imagined tendency ...
Roger L. Hadlich, James S. Holton, Matías Montes Huidobro, 1968
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A Dictionary of Language Acquisition: A Comprehensive ...
156 hypercorrection hypercorrection also hypercorrectness, hyperurbanism,
overcorrection a term used in linguistics to refer to the movement of a linguistic
form beyond the point set by the variety of language that a speaker has as a
target.
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Garner's Modern American Usage
Cf. hyperurbanism. hypernym /hi-pәr-nim/, n. A genusword; a broad term that
denotes something for which the language contains many more particular terms (
as red is the hypernym for crimson, oxblood, rubicund, ruddy, scarlet, etc.).
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The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar
... Chalker, Edmund Weiner. 199 hyperurbanism hypercorrection (An example of)
the use of a particular (form of a) *word, *phrase, etc. by a speaker or writer who
is under the impression that this conforms to 'correct' (more prestigious) usage.
Bas Aarts, Sylvia Chalker, Edmund Weiner, 2014
9
Studies in South Asian Linguistics: Sinhala and Other South ...
It does indeed appear to be subject to hyperurbanism, and this may well be the
reason that Paolillo found it used sporadically and in fluctuation in his texts. While
this hyperurbanism is often found in Spoken Sinhala, it may also occur in some ...
James W. Gair, Barbara Lust, 1998
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Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics
A term used in LINGUISTICS to refer to the movement of a linguistic FORM
beyond the point set by the VARIETY of LANGUAGE that a speaker has as a
target; also called hypercorrectness, hyperurbanism or overcorrection. The
phenomenon ...
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