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hyperˈurbanism
[f. hyper- 5 + urbanism.]
Extreme urbanism; spec. in Philol., the manner of speech arising from an effort to avoid provincialism; a hypercorrect form of speech or phrase resulting from this. So hyperˈurban a., exhibiting hyperurbanism; hyperˌurbaniˈzation n.
1925P. Radin tr. Vendryès's Lang. ii. 49 Hyper-urbanism consists in those excesses brought about by consideration for correct speech. Ibid., Plaustrum for plostrum, cauda for coda... These are hyper-urbanisms. 1928L. Bloomfield in Language IV. iv. 286 Hyper-urban forms occur, e.g., foot pronounced as [fy:t] instead of [fu:t]. 1933― Lang. xviii. 309 We may take cōda to be the older of the two Latin forms, and cauda to be a hyper-urban (over-elegant) variant. Ibid. xix. 330 This flavor of the [y:]-variants appears strikingly in the shape of hyper⁓urbanisms: in using the elegant [y:], the speaker sometimes substitutes it where it is entirely out of place. 1935Language XI. ii. 106 Social climbers betray themselves by hyper-urbanisms, such as [a] in bass or lass. 1937Amer. Speech XII. 175 The women who wear gloves on the most informal occasions have probably acquired the habit of never forgetting them, and so-called hyper⁓urbanization in speech as well as in dress, often springs from..a sense of social insecurity. 1940C. C. Fries Amer. Eng. Grammar vi. 94 There appeared in the Standard English materials some uses of whom which should probably be looked upon as hyperurbanisms. 1951Trager & Smith Outl. Eng. Struct. iii. 85 The hyperurbanism Between you and I for the standard Between you and me. |