Hypercorrection?

Wilson Gray hwgray at GMAIL.COM
Fri May 20 17:43:02 UTC 2005


"She called my emploYER [Employ^r]." I.e. Stress is on the final
syllable. This looks like an overcorrection based on the stress
pattern of "employee," which didn't occur in the course of the
exchange.
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-Wilson Gray



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