hyponymyFor example the use of “whom” instead of “who” in Whom do you think
painted that picture?Hypercorrections are sometimes used by a second
language learner who is attempting to speak correctly or by a speaker of a
non-standard variety of a language, when speaking formally. This may
result in the speaker using more self-correction and using more formal
vocabulary than speakers of a standard variety of the language.hyponymynhyponymn
a relationship between two words, in which the meaning of one of the
words includes the meaning of the other word.
For example, in English the words animaland dogare related in such a way
that dog refers to a type of animal, and animalis a general term that
includes dog and other types of animal.
The specific term, dog, is called a hyponym, and the general term, animal,
is called a superordinate.
A superordinate term can have many hyponyms. For example:
see also synonymhypothesisn(plural hypotheses)
a speculation concerning either observed or expected relationships among
phenomena. Hypotheses are made and evaluated in both quantitative
researchand qualitative research. However, in quantitative research
hypotheses are formulated in advance of the research, based on theory and
previous research, while in qualitative research hypotheses emerge gra-
dually in the course of the research itself (see also grounded theory,
analytic induction). If for research purposes the speculation is translated
into a statement that can be tested by quantitative methods in research,
the statement is known as a statistical hypothesis, stated with reference to
population parameters (e.g. population mean) and takes the form of
two opposing but related hypotheses: a null hypothesis, symbolized by H 0 ,
and an alternative hypothesis, symbolized by Haor H 1 , that are mutually