Editing Snob (section)

==Snobbatives==
[[Ghil'ad Zuckermann]] proposes the term ''snobbative'' to refer to a pretentious, highfalutin phrase used by a person in order to sound snobbish. The term derives from ''snob'' + ''-ative'', modelled upon [[Comparison (grammar)|compar'''ative'''s and superl'''ative'''s]]. Thus, in its narrow sense, a ''snobbative'' is a pompous (phonetic) variant of a word. Consider the following [[Hypercorrection|hypercorrect]] pronunciations in [[Israeli Hebrew]]:<ref name=LCLE>[[Ghil'ad Zuckermann|Zuckermann, Ghil'ad]] (2003), [[Language Contact and Lexical Enrichment in Israeli Hebrew]], [https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9781403917232 Palgrave Macmillan] {{ISBN|9781403917232}} / {{ISBN|9781403938695}}</ref>{{rp|184}}

#''kh'''up'''ím'' is a snobbative of ''kh'''of'''ím'' ({{Script/Hebrew|חופים}}), which means "beaches";
#''ts'''o'''rfát'' is a snobbative of ''ts'''a'''rfát'' ({{Script/Hebrew|צרפת}}), which refers to "France";
#'''''a'''mán'' is a snobbative of '''''o'''mán'' ({{Script/Hebrew|אמן}}), which means "artist".<ref name=LCLE/>{{rp|184}}

A non-hypercorrect example in Israeli Hebrew is ''filo'''z'''ófya'', a snobbative of ''filo'''s'''ófya'' ({{Script/Hebrew|פילוסופיה}}), which means "philosophy".<ref name=LCLE/>{{rp|184}} The snobbative ''filo'''z'''ófya'' (with ''z'') was inspired by the pronunciation of the Israeli Hebrew word {{Script/Hebrew|פילוסופיה}} by German Jewish professors of philosophy, whose speech was characterized by [[Consonant voicing and devoicing|intervocalic voicing]] of the ''s'' as in their [[German language|German]] mother tongue.<ref name=LCLE/>{{rp|190}}