Linguistic Purism In Action

Author : Nils Langer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110881103

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The auxiliary do (tun) is one of the most-discussed constructions in West Germanic. In German, there is a striking opposition between modern standard German, where the construction is virtually ungrammatical and considered to be "sub-standard" by most speakers, whilst, as this book shows, the construction is attested in all modern dialects as well as historic stages since 1350. In answering why auxiliary tun is ungrammatical in modern standard German, it is shown that the stigmatization of tun was caused by prescriptive grammarians in the 16th-18th century. Furthermore it is shown that the stigmatization of tun as "bad" German occurred in clearly discernible stages, from bad poetry (1550-1680), to bad written German (1680-1740) and finally to "bad" German in general (after 1740), thus providing evidence that the history of the standardization of German needs to take into account direct metalinguistic comments from prescriptive grammarians. The effectiveness of linguistic purism is also shown by evidence from two other constructions, namely polynegation and double perfect.

Author : Nils Langer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 3110170248

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Linguistic Purism in Action by Nils Langer Pdf

The auxiliary do (tun) is one of the most-discussed constructions in West Germanic. In German, there is a striking opposition between modern standard German, where the construction is virtually ungrammatical and considered to be "sub-standard" by most speakers, whilst, as this book shows, the construction is attested in all modern dialects as well as historic stages since 1350. In answering why auxiliary tun is ungrammatical in modern standard German, it is shown that the stigmatization of tun was caused by prescriptive grammarians in the 16th-18th century. Furthermore it is shown that the stigmatization of tun as "bad" German occurred in clearly discernible stages, from bad poetry (1550-1680), to bad written German (1680-1740) and finally to "bad" German in general (after 1740), thus providing evidence that the history of the standardization of German needs to take into account direct metalinguistic comments from prescriptive grammarians. The effectiveness of linguistic purism is also shown by evidence from two other constructions, namely polynegation and double perfect.

Author : Björn H. Jernudd,Michael J. Shapiro
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UCSC:32106008644723

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The Politics of Language Purism by Björn H. Jernudd,Michael J. Shapiro Pdf

Author : Olivia Walsh
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027266736

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Linguistic Purism by Olivia Walsh Pdf

This book represents the first in-depth, comparative investigation of linguistic purism in modern French. It investigates the relative prevalence of purist ideology in France and Quebec. Both experience influence from English and have similar language legislation, but they differ in their social, political and economic history. Three different levels of society are examined (official, group and individual), allowing a comparison of the ‘voice from above’ and the ‘voice from below’. This is a key element in recent discussions of language planning but is rarely provided in studies of French. The study is also the first to apply to empirical data Thomas’s widely cited theoretical framework for describing linguistic purism (1991), and has evaluated and refined this, enhancing the theoretical underpinnings of the field. The book will be of interest not only to French scholars and sociolinguists, but also to scholars of language planning, language policy and language ideologies in all languages.

Author : Nils Langer,Winifred Davies
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110901351

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Linguistic Purism in the Germanic Languages by Nils Langer,Winifred Davies Pdf

Purism is an aspect of linguistic study which appeals not only to the scholar but also to the layperson. Somehow, ordinary speakers with many different mother tongues and with no formal training in linguistics share certain beliefs about what language is, how it develops or should develop, whether it has good or bad qualities, etc. The topic of linguistic purism in its many realisations is the subject of this volume of 19 articles selected from the contributions presented at a conference at the University of Bristol in 2003. In particular, the articles deal with the relationship of purism to historical prescriptivism, e.g. the influence of grammarians in the 17th and 18th centuries, to nationhood, e.g. the instrumentalising of purism in the standardisation of Afrikaans or Luxembourgish, to modern society, e.g. the existence of puristic tendencies in computer chatrooms, to folk linguistics, e.g. lay perceptions of different varieties of English, and to academic linguistics, e.g. the presence of puristic notions in the historiography of German or English.

Author : George Thomas
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:49015001293977

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Linguistic Purism by George Thomas Pdf

Studies in Language and Linguistics is an occasional series incorporating major new work in small areas of linguistics.

Author : Alexandra Jaffe
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110801064

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Ideologies in Action by Alexandra Jaffe Pdf

In Corsica, spelling contests, road signs, bilingual education bills and Corsican language newscasts leave language planners and ordinary speakers deeply divided over how to define what "counts" as Corsican and how it is connected with cultural identity. In Ideologies in Action Alexandra Jaffe explores the complex interrelationship between linguistic ideologies and practices on the French island of Corsica. This detailed exploration of the ideological and political underpinnings of three decades of language planning raises fundamental questions about what it means to "save" a minority language, and the way in which specific cultural, political and ideological contexts shape the "successes" and "failures" of linguistic engineering efforts. Jaffe's ethnography focuses both on the way dominant language ideologies are inscribed in the everyday experience of ordinary people, as well as how they shape the evolving strategies of language planners trying to revitalize the Corsican language. While Jaffe's analysis demonstrates the pervasive influence of dominant language ideologies on minority language speakers and language planners, she also draws on case studies from everyday discourse, educational practice and public and mediatized debates over language issues to develop an ethnographically-grounded perspective on levels of resistance. In the final part of the book she explores the emergence (and the limits) of "radical" genres of resistance found in forms of Corsican language activism and in examples of codeswitching and language mixing in bilingual radio practice. This book contributes to a growing literature on language ideology, and will be of interest to anthropologists, political scientists and linguists interested in the practical and theoretical dimensions of language contact, minority language literacy, bilingual education, and language shift.

Author : Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy,Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-15
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781118257265

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The Handbook of Historical Sociolinguistics by Juan Manuel Hernández-Campoy,Juan Camilo Conde-Silvestre Pdf

Written by an international team of leading scholars, this groundbreaking reference work explores the nature of language change and diffusion, and paves the way for future research in this rapidly expanding interdisciplinary field. Features 35 newly-written essays from internationally acclaimed experts that reflect the growth and vitality of the burgeoning area of historical sociolinguistics Examines how sociolinguistic theoretical models, methods, findings, and expertise can be used to reconstruct a language's past in order to explain linguistic changes and developments Bridges the gap between the past and the present in linguistic studies Structured thematically into sections exploring: origins and theoretical assumptions; methods for the sociolinguistic study of the history of languages; linguistic and extra-linguistic variables; historical dialectology, language contact and diffusion; and attitudes to language

Author : Keith Allan,Kate Burridge
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2006-10-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781139457606

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Forbidden Words by Keith Allan,Kate Burridge Pdf

Many words and expressions are viewed as 'taboo', such as those used to describe sex, our bodies and their functions, and those used to insult other people. This 2006 book provides a fascinating insight into taboo language and its role in everyday life. It looks at the ways we use language to be polite or impolite, politically correct or offensive, depending on whether we are 'sweet-talking', 'straight-talking' or being deliberately rude. Using a range of colourful examples, it shows how we use language playfully and figuratively in order to swear, to insult, and also to be politically correct, and what our motivations are for doing so. It goes on to examine the differences between institutionalized censorship and the ways individuals censor their own language. Lively and revealing, Forbidden Words will fascinate anyone who is interested in how and why we use and avoid taboos in daily conversation.

Author : Martina Penke,Anette Rosenbach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027222371

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What Counts as Evidence in Linguistics by Martina Penke,Anette Rosenbach Pdf

What counts as evidence in linguistics? This question is addressed by the contributions to the present volume (originally published as a Special Issue of Studies in Language 28:3 (2004). Focusing on the innateness debate, what is illustrated is how formal and functional approaches to linguistics have different perspectives on linguistic evidence. While special emphasis is paid to the status of typological evidence and universals for the construction of Universal Grammar (UG), this volume also highlights more general issues such as the roles of (non)-standard language and historical evidence. To address the overall topic, the following three guiding questions are raised: What type of evidence can be used for innateness claims (or UG)?; What is the content of such innate features (or UG)?; and, How can UG be used as a theory guiding empirical research? A combination of articles and peer commentaries yields a lively discussion between leading representatives of formal and functional approaches.

Author : Anita Auer,Daniel Schreier,Richard J. Watts
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781107018648

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Letter Writing and Language Change by Anita Auer,Daniel Schreier,Richard J. Watts Pdf

This book draws on a range of informal letter corpora and outlines the historical sociolinguistic value of letter analysis.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-08-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004510579

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Studying Language Change in the 21st Century by Anonim Pdf

The volume brings together contributions by scholars working in different theoretical frameworks interested in systematic explanation of language change and the interrelation between current linguistic theories and modern analytical tools and methodology. Τhe integrative basis of all work is the special focus on phenomena at the interface of semantics and syntax and the implications of corpus-based, quantitative analyses for researching diachrony.

Author : Haruko Momma,Michael Matto
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2011-05-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780470657935

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A Companion to the History of the English Language by Haruko Momma,Michael Matto Pdf

A Companion to the History of the English Language addresses the linguistic, cultural, social, and literary approaches to language study. The first text to offer a complete survey of the field, this volume provides the most up-to-date insights of leading international scholars. An accessible reference to the history of the English language Comprises more than sixty essays written by leading international scholars Aids literature students in incorporating language study into their work Includes an historical survey of the English language, from its Germanic and Indo- European beginnings to modern British and American English Enriched with maps, diagrams, and illustrations from historical publications Introduces the latest scholarship in the field

Author : Karen A. Roesch
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027202888

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Language Maintenance and Language Death by Karen A. Roesch Pdf

This book provides the first extensive description of Texas Alsatian, a critically-endangered Texas German dialect, as spoken in Medina County in the 21st century. The dialect was brought to Texas in the 1840s by colonists recruited by French entrepreneur Henri Castro and has been preserved with minimal change for six generations. Texas Alsatian has maintained lexical, phonological, and morphosyntactic features which differentiate it from the prevalent standard-near varieties of Texas German. This study both describes its grammatical features and discusses extra-linguistic factors contributing to the dialect s preservation or accelerating its decline, e.g., social, historical, political, and economic factors, and speaker attitudes and ideologies linked to cultural identity. The work s multi-faceted approach makes its relevant to a broad range of scholars such as dialectologists, historical linguists, sociolinguists, ethnographers, and anthropologists interested in language variation and change, language and identity, immigrant dialects, and language maintenance and death."

Author : R. Millar
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780230504226

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Language, Nation and Power by R. Millar Pdf

Language, Nation and Power provides students with a discussion of the ways in which language has been (and is being) used to construct national (or ethnic) identity. It focuses on the processes by which a language can be planned and standardized and what the results of these processes are. Particular emphasis is given to the historical and social effects which nationalism has had on the development of language since the French Revolution. For students of linguistics, sociology and politics.