So is it, basically, a status signal by now?
Yes, but in a complicated way. “A glass with water” is hypercorrection, which gives the speaker the opposite status from the one he believes he’s displaying.
So is it, basically, a status signal by now?
Yes, but in a complicated way. “A glass with water” is hypercorrection, which gives the speaker the opposite status from the one he believes he’s displaying.