English Dictionary

hyperforeignism

名詞

不可算名詞 可算名詞

(linguistics, uncountable) The misapplication of foreign pronunciation or usage, particularly the use of a sound or form perceived as foreign where a native one would be more correct.

日本語の意味

外国語らしさを過剰に演出し、実際の正しい発音や用法とは異なる、誤った外国風の発音や形式を用いる現象。 / （言語学）母語の正しい形よりも、あえて異国のような形を採用する誤用。

The linguist explained how hyperforeignism can lead speakers to adopt unnecessary accents that obscure the native pronunciation.

その言語学者は、外国語風の発音を誤って用いることが話者に不要なアクセントを取り入れさせ、母語の発音を不明瞭にすることがあると説明した。

意味（1）

(linguistics, uncountable) The misapplication of foreign pronunciation or usage, particularly the use of a sound or form perceived as foreign where a native one would be more correct.

意味（2）

(linguistics, countable) An instance or example of hyperforeignism.

Educated people are thus aware that words in or from foreign languages are subject to somewhat different reading rules from those applying to English. But they are often vague about them, and about the different rules applicable to different foreign languages. Many resulting pronunciations are absurd in that they reflect neither the reading rules of English nor those of the language from which the word in question comes. For example, there is an awareness based on French that /dʒ/ is an English-type consonant, for which /ʒ/ is the ‘foreign’ equivalent. But when this leads to raj, Taj Mahal, mah-jongg, or adagio with /ʒ/ instead of /dʒ/ (although the languages of origin have affricates in these words), we have what might well be called a hyperforeignism. [boldfaced in source]

hyperforeignisms （ plural ）