The Politics of Language Purism

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The Politics of Language Purism

Edited by: Björn H. Jernudd and Michael J. Shapiro

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 1989

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Volume 54 | Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL]

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I-VI Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	I
The texture of language purism: an introduction Björn Η. Jernudd Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	1
A political approach to language purism Michael J. Shapiro Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	21
The politics of purity and exclusion: literary and linguistic movements of political empowerment in America, Africa, the South Pacific, and Europe Manfred Henningsen Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	31
Francophonie: purism at the international level Brian Weinstein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	53
Language reform movement and its language the case of Persian Ahmad Karimi-Hakkak Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	81
Purism and correctness in the Bengali speech community Monsur Musa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	105
Language purism in Korea today Nahm-Sheik Park Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	113
Hieratic components in Soviet dictionaries of Yiddish, Dungan, and Belorussian Paul Wexler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	141
Linguistic scapegoating: the pure and impure of American poetry Rob Wilson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	169
Purism, language, and creativity: the Sri Lankan experience Wimal Dissanayake Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	185
Purism and alienation in recent Taiwanese fiction Wen-Hsiung Hsu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	197
Language purism as a type of language correction J. V. Neustupný Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	211
The linguistic and social dimensions of purism E. Annamalai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	225
Subject Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	233

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July 11, 2011

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9783110868371

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July 1, 1989

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9783110117103

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6

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249

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110868371

eBook ISBN: 9783110868371

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Sprachpurismus; Sprachpolitik; Kongress; Honolulu

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