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HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH

Hypercorrection has been described as a sociolinguistic phenomenon where linguistic overcompensation occurs from the over-application of a perceived rule of language usage prescription. This paper reports a study investigating hypercorrection among younger and older native speakers of Bidayuh Biata...

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Main Authors: Leonardo, Ginyun, Florence Gilliam, Kayad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UNIMAS Publisher 2024
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P Philology. Linguistics
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47014/1/12-6119.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47014/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/ILS/article/view/6119
https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.6119.2024
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spelling my.unimas.ir-470142024-12-23T07:20:12Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47014/ HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH Leonardo, Ginyun Florence Gilliam, Kayad P Philology. Linguistics Hypercorrection has been described as a sociolinguistic phenomenon where linguistic overcompensation occurs from the over-application of a perceived rule of language usage prescription. This paper reports a study investigating hypercorrection among younger and older native speakers of Bidayuh Biatah when speaking English. The qualitative study data were collected from eight native speakers of Bidayuh Biatah: four younger participants aged 23 years old and four older participants aged 55 to 69 years old. Hypercorrection was analysed by categorising them into phonological, syntactical, and morphological hypercorrection within the environments in which they occurred. Results showed that participants used all three categories of hypercorrections, with phonological hypercorrection occurring the most, followed by morphological hypercorrection and syntactical hypercorrection. However, the younger participants demonstrated hypercorrection less frequently than the older ones. The tendency to hypercorrect phonologically suggests that younger and older participants prioritised sound correctness when speaking in English, which they considered a prestigious language. This sociolinguistic insight can inform pedagogical practices. UNIMAS Publisher 2024 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47014/1/12-6119.pdf Leonardo, Ginyun and Florence Gilliam, Kayad (2024) HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH. Issues in Language Studies, 13 (1). pp. 198-214. ISSN 2180-2726 https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/ILS/article/view/6119 https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.6119.2024
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topic P Philology. Linguistics
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Leonardo, Ginyun
Florence Gilliam, Kayad
HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH
description Hypercorrection has been described as a sociolinguistic phenomenon where linguistic overcompensation occurs from the over-application of a perceived rule of language usage prescription. This paper reports a study investigating hypercorrection among younger and older native speakers of Bidayuh Biatah when speaking English. The qualitative study data were collected from eight native speakers of Bidayuh Biatah: four younger participants aged 23 years old and four older participants aged 55 to 69 years old. Hypercorrection was analysed by categorising them into phonological, syntactical, and morphological hypercorrection within the environments in which they occurred. Results showed that participants used all three categories of hypercorrections, with phonological hypercorrection occurring the most, followed by morphological hypercorrection and syntactical hypercorrection. However, the younger participants demonstrated hypercorrection less frequently than the older ones. The tendency to hypercorrect phonologically suggests that younger and older participants prioritised sound correctness when speaking in English, which they considered a prestigious language. This sociolinguistic insight can inform pedagogical practices.
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author Leonardo, Ginyun
Florence Gilliam, Kayad
author_facet Leonardo, Ginyun
Florence Gilliam, Kayad
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title HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH
title_short HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH
title_full HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH
title_fullStr HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH
title_full_unstemmed HYPERCORRECTION AMONG NATIVE SPEAKERS OF BIDAYUH BIATAH WHEN SPEAKING ENGLISH
title_sort hypercorrection among native speakers of bidayuh biatah when speaking english
publisher UNIMAS Publisher
publishDate 2024
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47014/1/12-6119.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/47014/
https://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/ILS/article/view/6119
https://doi.org/10.33736/ils.6119.2024
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