Meaning of hypocorrect | Babel Free

Definitions

Not completely correct; nonstandard.

Examples

“They produce hypocorrect forms in an effort to speak nonstandard black English.”

“Despite being second dialect learners, hypocorrect speakers are reinforcing linguistic divergence.”

“This example also shows the combination of a hypocorrect construction with a “high” stylistic figure, that is, paronomasia (or figura etymologica—mafʿūl muțlaq).”

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