English Dictionary

barbaralalia

名詞

古風 不可算名詞

(dated) The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect.

日本語の意味

外国のアクセントが存在すること、すなわち発音上の欠陥とみなされる外国訛り

Some critics cruelly dismissed his performance as barbaralalia, misinterpreting his natural accent as a defect.

一部の批評家は彼の演技を、欠点と見なされる外国訛りがあるとして冷酷に退け、彼の自然なアクセントを欠点と誤解した。

意味（1）

(dated) The presence of a foreign accent, regarded as a speech defect.

We may then summarize the usual defects of speech which characterize barbaralalia as follows: (1) sound substitutions (2) sound additions (3) sound omissions (4) misplaced stress (5) incorrect intonation.