Comments on: Dialectal Overcompensation http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=168 A Blog about Words and Language(s) from alphaDictionary.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:53:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.6 By: rbeard http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=168&cpage=1#comment-69496 rbeard Thu, 11 Oct 2007 02:00:22 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=168#comment-69496 That shouldn't be the case since these pronunciations become "crystalized". For example, when Archi Bunker says 'terlet', he isn't overcompensating; he is just pronouncing the word like the people he learned the language from--probably his parents. The overcompensation gets built into the dialect and is passed on from person to person. "Overcompensation" applies to a dialect group, not to individuals. That shouldn’t be the case since these pronunciations become “crystalized”. For example, when Archi Bunker says ‘terlet’, he isn’t overcompensating; he is just pronouncing the word like the people he learned the language from–probably his parents. The overcompensation gets built into the dialect and is passed on from person to person. “Overcompensation” applies to a dialect group, not to individuals.

]]> By: JD http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=168&cpage=1#comment-65049 JD Tue, 02 Oct 2007 14:51:53 +0000 http://www.alphadictionary.com/blog/?p=168#comment-65049 Following on from Bill Tabler's question, could it be that women overcompensate more than men? I've noticed in my family and others that it is often the men that have the 'thicker' regional accents, perhaps because the women attempt (successfully or not) a more standard, 'socially acceptable' accent. Or have I just opened a big sociolinguistic can of worms here? http://engineroomblog.blogspot.com Following on from Bill Tabler’s question, could it be that women overcompensate more than men? I’ve noticed in my family and others that it is often the men that have the ‘thicker’ regional accents, perhaps because the women attempt (successfully or not) a more standard, ‘socially acceptable’ accent. Or have I just opened a big sociolinguistic can of worms here?

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