Editing Hypercorrection (section)

==Hebrew and Yiddish==
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[[Ghil'ad Zuckermann]] argues that the following hypercorrect pronunciations in [[Israeli Hebrew]] are "snobbatives" (from ''[[snob]]'' + ''-ative'', modelled upon [[Comparison (grammar)|comparatives and superlatives]]):<ref>{{Cite book |last=Zuckermann |first=Ghil'ad |title=Language contact and lexical enrichment in Israeli Hebrew |date=2003 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |isbn=978-1-4039-1723-2 |series=Palgrave studies in language history and language change |location=New York, N.Y |pages=77}}</ref>

*  the hypercorrect pronunciation {{Transliteration|he|khupím}} instead of {{Transliteration|he|khofím}} for {{Script/Hebrew|חופים}} 'beaches'.
*  the hypercorrect pronunciation {{Transliteration|he|tsorfát}} instead of {{Transliteration|he|tsarfát}} for {{Script/Hebrew|צרפת}} 'France'.
*  the hypercorrect pronunciation {{Transliteration|he|amán}} instead of {{Transliteration|he|omán}} for {{Script/Hebrew|אמן}} 'artist'.

The last two hypercorrection examples derive from a confusion related to the [[Kamatz|Qamatz Gadol]] Hebrew vowel, which in the accepted [[Sephardi Hebrew language|Sephardi Hebrew]] pronunciation is rendered as {{IPA|/aː/}} but which is pronounced {{IPA|/ɔ/}} in [[Ashkenazi Hebrew]], and in Hebrew words that also occur in [[Yiddish]]. However, the [[Kamatz|Qamatz Qaṭan]] vowel, which is visually indistinguishable from the Qamatz Gadol vowel, is rendered as {{IPA|/o/}} in both pronunciations. This leads to hypercorrections in both directions.

*The consistent pronunciation of all forms of {{Transliteration|he|qamatz}} as {{IPA|/a/}}, disregarding {{Transliteration|he|qatan}} and {{Transliteration|he|hataf}} forms, could be seen as hypercorrections when Hebrew speakers of Ashkenazic origin attempt to pronounce Sephardic Hebrew, for example, {{Script/Hebrew|[[wikt:צהרים|צָהֳרָיִם]]}}, 'midday' as {{Transliteration|he|tzaharayim}}'','' rather than {{Transliteration|he|tzohorayim}} as in [[Standard Hebrew|standard Israeli pronunciation]]; the traditional Sephardi pronunciation is {{Transliteration|he|tzahorayim}}. This may, however, be an example of oversimplification rather than of hypercorrection.
*Conversely, many older [[British Jews]] consider it more colloquial and "down-home" to say {{Transliteration|he|Shobbes}}, {{Transliteration|he|cholla}} and {{Transliteration|he|motza}}, though the vowel in these words is in fact a ''[[patach]]'', which is rendered as {{IPA|/a/}} in both Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hebrew. 
Other hypercorrections occur when speakers of Israeli Hebrew (which is based on Sephardic) attempt to pronounce Ashkenazi Hebrew, for example for religious purposes. The month of [[Shevat]] ({{Script/Hebrew|[[wikt:שבט|שבט]]}}) is mistakenly pronounced {{Transliteration|he|Shvas}}, as if it were spelled *{{Script/Hebrew|שְׁבַת}}. In an attempt to imitate [[Polish language|Polish]] and [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]] dialects, {{Transliteration|he|qamatz}} (both {{Transliteration|he|gadol}} and {{Transliteration|he|qatan}}), which would normally be pronounced {{IPA|[ɔ]}}, is hypercorrected to the pronunciation of {{Transliteration|he|holam}}, {{IPA|[ɔj]}}, rendering {{Script/Hebrew|[[wikt:גדול|גדול]]}} ('large') as {{Transliteration|he|goydl}} and {{Script/Hebrew|[[wikt:ברוך|ברוך]]}} ('blessed') as {{Transliteration|he|boyrukh}}.