Meaning of Barbarism (What is it, Concept and Definition)

What is a Barbarism:

As barbarisms we call all those linguistic mistakes we make when we make mistakes when writing or speaking a word .

voice, as such, comes from the Latin barbarismus , which in turn comes from the Greek βαρβαρισμός (barbarisms).This term comes from βάρβαρος (barbarians), the way foreigners were designated in ancient Greece, who they had difficulty speaking the local language.

Thus, all words, expressions or syntactic constructions that do not conform to the grammatical norms of the language are considered barbaric, that add, omit or transpose letters, sounds or accents.

The word barbarism can also be used as synonymous with barbarity , that is, words or actions that, due to their impropriety or recklessness , they are impertinent.For example: “Enough of barbarisms: let's talk to yourself nsatez."

Barbarism, likewise, is used in the sense of barbarism, lack of culture or rudeness :" Barbarism entered the Congress of the Republic with that deputy."

Types of barbarisms

There are different types of barbarisms depending on the type of incorrectness that they imply.They can be prosodic, syntactic or orthographic.

Prosodic barbarisms

Prosodic barbarisms are those in which vices are committed in diction or improperities in the way of articulating certain sounds.

For example:

• Coming or going by going, from the verb to go.
• Pull to pull.
• Insepto by insect.
• Anticipate to foresee.
• Haiga por haya.

Syntactic barbarisms

Syntactic barbarisms are those in which the concordance, the regime or the construction of words, sentences or idioms is corrupted.

For example:

• In relation to rather than in relation to or in relation to ion a.
• Cheisms: "Call before you come," instead of "call before you come."
• Dequeismos: "I think it's not good," “I think it's not good.”
• Impersonal prayers: “Yesterday they reached 30 degrees”, instead of “yesterday they reached 30 degrees”.

Orthographic barbarisms

Orthographic barbarisms are those that imply failures to the norm of the correct writing and formation of words.It occurs not only with words of the own language, but also with foreignisms not adapted to the grammatical norms.

For example:

• Walk by anduve, from the verb to walk.
• You said by said, from the verb to say.
• Decomposed by decomposed, of the verb to decompose.
• Monster by monster.
• I was by I was, of the verb to be.
• Restored by restaurant.
• Boucher by voucher.
• Bulling, bulyng, buling, bulin or bulyn for bullying .