单词 | hyperurbanism |
释义 | hyperurbanismn. Extreme urbanism; spec. in Philology, the manner of speech arising from an effort to avoid provincialism; a hypercorrect form of speech or phrase resulting from this. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > hypercorrection overcorrection1911 hyperurbanism1925 hypercorrection1934 hyperurbanization1937 hypercorrectness1955 1925 P. Radin tr. J. Vendryes Language ii. 49 Hyper-urbanism consists in those excesses brought about by consideration for correct speech. 1925 P. Radin tr. J. Vendryes Language ii. 49 Plaustrum for plostrum, cauda for coda... These are hyper-urbanisms. 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. 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. 1935 Language 11 ii. 106 Social climbers betray themselves by hyper-urbanisms, such as [a] in bass or lass. 1940 C. C. Fries Amer. Eng. Gram. vi. 94 There appeared in the Standard English materials some uses of whom which should probably be looked upon as hyperurbanisms. 1951 G. L. Trager & H. L. Smith Outl. Eng. Struct. iii. 85 The hyperurbanism Between you and I for the standard Between you and me. Derivatives hyperˈurban adj. exhibiting hyperurbanism. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [adjective] > hypercorrect hypercorrect1922 hyperurban1928 1928 L. Bloomfield in Language 4 iv. 286 Hyper-urban forms occur, e.g., foot pronounced as [fy:t] instead of [fu:t]. 1933 L. Bloomfield 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. hyperˌurbaniˈzation n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > a language > register > [noun] > hypercorrection overcorrection1911 hyperurbanism1925 hypercorrection1934 hyperurbanization1937 hypercorrectness1955 1937 Amer. Speech 12 175 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. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < |
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