The case of the Pseudo-hypercorrection

Jasper Doomen

Abstract


This paper discusses a phenomenon I qualify as a pseudo-hypercorrection. A pseudo-hypercorrection has the same basis as a hypercorrection, but the important characteristic of a pseudo-hypercorrection that distinguishes it from a hypercorrection is that the expression is grammatically correct. As a case example I have used a phenomenon in Dutch, from the consideration that it occurs frequently, so that it cannot summarily be dismissed as a chance event.

 

Received: 17 January 2023

Accepted:27 March 2023

Published: 10 April 2023


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21622/ilcc.2023.03.1.069

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