In sociolinguistics, hypercorrection is the nonstandard use of language that results from the overapplication of a perceived rule of language-usage prescription...

Hypercorrection is the higher likelihood of correcting a general knowledge error when originally certain that the information they understand is accurate...

amuse-bouche is not even listed in most dictionaries, being a euphemistic hypercorrection that appeared in the 1980s on restaurant menus and used almost only...

is just between you and I" for "This is just between you and me" (hypercorrection to avoid the correct "you and me" form in the predicate of copulative...

of French loanwords was a major factor in the shift. Middle-class hypercorrection: Yet others assert that because of the increasing prestige of French...

two types of phonetically motivated mechanisms: hypocorrection and hypercorrection. A hypocorrective sound change occurs when a listener fails to identify...

huaje). The spelling “molé,” often seen on English-language menus, is a hypercorrection and not used in Spanish, likely intended to distinguish the sauce from...

mother-in-law. Hypercorrection is defined by Wolfram as "the use of speech form on the basis of false analogy." DeCamp defines hypercorrection in a more precise...

English but did so unsuccessfully and thus engaged in hypercorrection. In addition to hypercorrection, code-switching may also be performed by people who...

you and me'], but that did not make it any more correct". The term hypercorrection, in this context, refers to grammatically incorrect usage, and is typically...

Zabaione (Italian: [dzabaˈjoːne]) or, through hypercorrection, zabaglione (UK: /ˌzæbəlˈjoʊni/, US: /ˌzɑːb-/; Italian: [dzabaʎˈʎoːne]), is an Italian dessert...

transcription delimiters. A hyperforeignism or exoticism is a type of hypercorrection where speakers identify an inaccurate pattern in loanwords from a foreign...

H-adding, is found in certain situations, sometimes as an allophone or hypercorrection by H-dropping speakers, and sometimes as a spelling pronunciation or...

example "an H-bomb" or "a H-bomb". The pronunciation /heɪtʃ/ may be a hypercorrection formed by analogy with the names of the other letters of the alphabet...

linguistic choice is apparent in ethnic hypercorrection. Ethnic hypercorrection is a subclass of linguistic hypercorrection, and refers to the over-application...

sense to mean 'hill'. The Slovene name Videm (with final -m) is a hypercorrection of the local Slovene name Vidan (with final -n), based on settlements...

instead of "He gave the ball to Bob and me". This is often called a hypercorrection, since it is perceived as related to avoidance of the stigmatized incorrect...

from OE hūs-wīf 'house-wife' > hussif (> 'hussy') > LME house-wife. Hypercorrections may also become established in a language, leading to a further kind...

source?] The apparent change from sitty- to sylla- is explained as a hypercorrection by analogy to συλλαμβάνω (syllambano 'bring together, gather'). Chambers...

pronunciation, making the use of /ʒ/ an instance of hyperforeignism, a type of hypercorrection. Occasionally, ⟨j⟩ represents its original /j/ sound, as in Hallelujah...

the store.) This is corrected so often that it has led to cases of hypercorrection, where the subject pronoun is used even in object position under coordination...

meaning 'One who rules', or '(Spiritual) Master' got changed through hypercorrection and folk etymology to Āḻvār (ஆழ்வார்) meaning 'One who is immersed'...

buses are often called "camioneta" or "trambilla" (the latter being a hypercorrection of "tranvía"). They are often modified and brightly decorated to transport...

German legions including 'XVIII PR' – surely here the stonecutter's hypercorrection for IIXX PR. "Our Brand Story". SPC Ardmona. Retrieved 11 March 2014...

semi-conscious application of prescriptive rules leads to errors of hypercorrection in formal speech situations (see discussion below). Conversely, in...

post-creole speech continuum characterized by large-scale variation and hypercorrection in the language. It is generally acknowledged that creoles have a simpler...

tanwīn sign on the final r, but actually pronouncing it would be a hypercorrection. Also, it is never correct to write a sukūn on that r, even though...

the Latin plural should be curricula vitarum is in fact an incorrect hypercorrection based on superficial knowledge of Latin; although it would be technically...

Expressive loan False etymology False friend Folk linguistics Hobson-Jobson Hypercorrection Hyperforeignism Johannes Goropius Becanus Nirukta Okay Phono-semantic...

usual after vowels; but the pronunciation is counter-etymological: a hypercorrection that has become standard). But many other words are pronounced with...