Is there such a phenomenon as "undercorrection/hypocorrection?

[Beverly Flanigan]

It may be a set phrase in this area; I doubt that it is anywhere
else.  I've also heard "a-dancin' and a-prancin'"--not common elsewhere,
I'm sure.

At 05:01 PM 3/16/2005, you wrote:
>Isn't "a-screamin and a-hollerin" just a set phrase? The interviewee then
>just reversed the internal order of this phrase for emphasis.
>
>Benjamin Barrett
>Questioning in Seattle
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>By the way, for those of you who think a-prefixing is dead, or at least
>isn't used in Ohio, I heard a great example on local radio this morning.
>Concerning a murder about 30 miles from here, in southeastern Ohio, the
>interviewee said "They were a-screamin' and a-hollerin', and a-hollerin' and
>a-screamin'"--four attestations!