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Peer reviewedBaugh, John – Language and Communication, 1992
An idealized model of mutual second dialect acquisition in a bidialectal speech community is presented, placed in historical context, and used to illustrate the inherent social nature of hypercorrection and hypocorrection. The controversy surrounding hypercorrection for Black English is reviewed, and hypocorrection is shown to reinforce…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Black Dialects, Language Acquisition, Linguistic Theory
