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Meaning of barbaralalia | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect.

dated, uncountable

Examples

“We may then summarize⟳ the usual defects of speech which characterize barbaralalia as follows: (1) sound⟳ substitutions (2) sound⟳ additions (3) sound⟳ omissions (4) misplaced stress⟳ (5) incorrect intonation.”
“The correction of barbaralalia (foreign accent) is in the strictest sense⟳ speech re-education, since the speech correctionist is aiding the foreign speaker to change⟳ one set⟳ of speech habits for another.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

barbaralane barbaralyl Barbareño Barbaresco Barbari Barbari bread

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