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pseudo-colloquial en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *telkʷ- Proto-Indo-European *tlokʷetorder. Proto-Italic *tlokʷōr Latin loquor Latin colloquor Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -iusnom. Latin -ium Latin colloquiumder. Middle English colloquies English colloquy Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English colloquial English pseudo-colloquial From pseudo- + colloquial.

Meanings

1. Apparently, but not actually, colloquial.
   • A key feature of the colloquial or pseudo-colloquial register in Hebrew appeared to be a system of T/V distinction with V-forms in 3 sg.m./f. 2020, Sonya Yampolskaya, “Evidence of a T/V distinction in European Hebrew”, in Journal of Historical Sociolinguistics, volume 7, number 1, →DOI, page 146:
   • Robert Lowell, first announcing flatly that Racine is untranslatable, puts his Alexandrines into speakable, nontinkling English couplets, a great feat and one that goes far to contradict his own statement. Jacques Barzun’s translation of Beaumarchais is properly sparky and pseudocolloquial, but inevitably less impressive, because less of a problem was involved. 1961 August, Phoebe Lou Adams, “Potpourri”, in The Atlantic:
   • This selection from Gadsby, a novel by E. V. Wright, has a number of traits that might be brought out in a careful literary exegesis – its mannered use of pseudo-colloquial phrase perhaps the most prominent trait: ‘bunch of bright young folks’, ‘up-and-coming activity’, and so on. 1974 January, Richard W. Bailey, “Review: Stylistics Today”, in Foundations of Language, volume 11, number 1, →JSTOR, page 135:

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