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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785833003321

Titolo

The Politics of language purism [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Björn H. Jernudd, Michael J. Shapiro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; New York, : Mouton de Gruyter, 1989

ISBN

3-11-086837-7

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (255 p.)

Collana

Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; ; 54

Classificazione

ES 115

Altri autori (Persone)

JernuddBjörn H

ShapiroMichael J

Disciplina

306.4/4

Soggetti

Language purism

Language and languages - Political aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- The texture of language purism: an introduction / Jernudd, Björn Η. -- A political approach to language purism / Shapiro, Michael J. -- The politics of purity and exclusion: literary and linguistic movements of political empowerment in America, Africa, the South Pacific, and Europe / Henningsen, Manfred -- Francophonie: purism at the international level / Weinstein, Brian -- Language reform movement and its language the case of Persian / Karimi-Hakkak, Ahmad -- Purism and correctness in the Bengali speech community / Musa, Monsur -- Language purism in Korea today / Park, Nahm-Sheik -- Hieratic components in Soviet dictionaries of Yiddish, Dungan, and Belorussian / Wexler, Paul -- Linguistic scapegoating: the pure and impure of American poetry / Wilson, Rob -- Purism, language, and creativity: the Sri Lankan experience / Dissanayake, Wimal -- Purism and alienation in recent Taiwanese fiction / Hsu, Wen-Hsiung -- Language purism as a type of language correction / Neustupný, J. V. -- The linguistic and social dimensions of purism / Annamalai, E. -- Subject Index