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

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Jernudd, Björn H., Shapiro, Michael J.
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1989.
Series:	Contributions to the sociology of language ; 54.
Subjects:	Language purism. Language and languages > Political aspects. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics. Language and languages > Political aspects Language purism Sprachpolitik Sprachpurismus Sociolinguistica. Politique linguistique > Etudes comparatives. Honolulu <Hawaii, 1985>
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Table of Contents:

The texture of language purism: an introduction
A political approach to language purism
The politics of purity and exclusion: literary and linguistic movements of political empowerment in America, Africa, the South Pacific, and Europe
Francophonie: purism at the international level
Language reform movement and its language: the case of Persian
Purism and correctness in the Bengali speech community
Language purism in Korea today
Hieratic components in Soviet dictionaries of Yiddish, Dungan, and Belorussian
Linguistic scapegoating: the pure and impure of American poetryPurism, language, and creativity: the Sri Lankan experience
Purism and alienation in recent Taiwanese fiction
Language purism as a type of language correction
The linguistic and social dimensions of purism
Subject index

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