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Hipercorectitudinea în limba română
Hypercorectness in the Romanian Language

Author(s): Valerica Sporiş
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Editura Universităţii Petru Maior
Keywords: correctness; norms; hypercorrectness; hyper-urbane expressions; mistake

Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the problem of hypercorrectness as a form of incorrect language use, focusing on its occurrence in current Romanian. Hypercorrectness is a mistake made involuntarily by the speaker, stemming from a wrong use of the language rules. Hypercorrectness represents a linguistic deviation/mistake/error occurring as a consequence of another deviation and can often be more serious than the initial one.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 74-81
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: Romanian