They produce hypocorrect forms in an effort to speak nonstandard black English.
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Hypocorrect
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Despite being second dialect learners, hypocorrect speakers are reinforcing linguistic divergence.
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This example also shows the combination of a hypocorrect construction with a “high” stylistic figure, that is, paronomasia (or figura etymologica—mafʿūl muțlaq).
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The surgeon can hypocorrect on the operating table, knowing that in the postoperative period an additional correction will result because of:...
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