Format:
VIII, 374 S.
,
graph. Darst.
,
24 cm
ISBN:
9783110183375
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3110183374
Series Statement:
Studia linguistica Germanica 75
Content:
This volume deals with linguistic purismin itsmany realizations.In particular, the articles look at the relationship of purism to historical prescriptivism (e.g. the influence of grammarians in the 17th and18th 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)
Note:
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Additional Edition:
Online-Ausg. Linguistic Purism in the Germanic Languages Berlin ;New York : W. de Gruyter, 2011 ISBN 9783110901351
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Linguistic purism in action Berlin : Walter de Gruyter, 2010 ISBN 9783110881103
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3110881101
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
,
German Studies
Keywords:
Germanische Sprachen
;
Sprachpurismus
;
Konferenzschrift
;
Konferenzschrift
Author information:
Davies, Winifred V. 1957-
Author information:
Langer, Nils 1969-
