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Est. 2005 · Eugene, OR

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hypercorrection

non-standard language usage that results from the over-application of a perceived prescriptive rule

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Subclass of: mispronunciation, hyperadaptation
Said to be the same as: hyperurbanism
described by source: Encyclopedia of Linguistics, A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, Sixth Edition
different from: Labov-hypercorrection, hypercorrection
facet of: discourse
opposite of: hypocorrection
studied by: sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics

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