queísmo
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
queísmo m (plural queísmos)
- (linguistics) the nonstandard use of que alone (instead of a preposition, usually de, preceding que) in various constructions
- Antonym: dequeísmo
- 1999, Ignacio Bosque, Violeta Demonte, editors, Gramática descriptiva de la lengua española, volume 2, Espasa, →ISBN, page 2141:
- Aunque menos probable, no conviene descuidar como causa del queísmo la ultracorrección.
- Although not as likely, ultra-correction should not be discounted as a cause of queism.
Further reading
- “queísmo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- “queísmo” in Diccionario panhispánico de dudas, segunda edición, Real Academia Española, 2023. →ISBN
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