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The Integration of Hypercorrect Forms into the Repertoire of an Acadian French Community: The Process and Its Built-in Limits.
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Flikeid, Karin – Language and Communication, 1992
Historic linguistic consequences were studied in five separate areas of Atlantic Canada's Acadian population. Focus was on certain verbs in the third person present plural and the hypothesis that "allent" and faisent" are the result of hypercorrection. Results suggest complex reasons for their use and an indication of some social…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, Foreign Countries, French, Grammar
Hypercorrection in Response to the Apparent Merger of (c) and (a) in Utah English.
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Di Paolo, Marianna – Language and Communication, 1992
Acoustic analysis of two vowels thought to be merged in Utah English suggest that there are small but consistent differences between them. A matched guise experiment provides evidence that when the vowels are merged hypercorrection is involved. (33 references) (LB)
Descriptors: Acoustic Phonetics, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Language Patterns
Comprehension of Verbal Probability Expressions in Children and Adolescents.
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Mullet, Etienne; Rivet, Isabelle – Language and Communication, 1991
A study explored the ability of children to comprehend expressions of uncertainty in varying degrees (e.g., "not likely, possible, probable"). Subjects were 42 French students aged approximately 9, 12, and 15. Results, including age and gender differences, and implications for classroom communication are discussed. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Child Language, Classroom Communication
Quantitative Evidence, Qualitative Hypercorrection, Sociolinguistic Variables--And French Speakers'"'eadhaches" with English h/O.
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Janda, Richard D.; Auger, Julie – Language and Communication, 1992
The overall role played by hypercorrection in the literature on language change, language variation, and second language acquisition is reviewed. The paper argues that hypercorrection is not a completely unified phenomenon, citing an empirical study showing that quantitative methods applied to qualitative hypercorrection necessarily involve…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), French, Language Patterns, Language Research