Linguistic purism and language criticism in English

• Verfasst von: Busse, Beatrix [VerfasserIn] [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Verfasst von: Möhlig-Falke, Ruth [VerfasserIn] [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Verfasst von: Vit, Bryan [VerfasserIn] [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Titel: Linguistic purism and language criticism in English
• Mitwirkende: Busse, Beatrix [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Mitwirkende: Möhlig-Falke, Ruth [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Mitwirkende: Vit, Bryan [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Verf.angabe: Beatrix Busse/Ruth Möhlig-Falke/Bryan Vit ; translation: Beatrix Busse/Ruth Möhlig-Falke/Bryan Vit
• E-Jahr: 2018
• Jahr: 2018-12-07
• Umfang: 8 S.
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 23.05.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: Handbuch europäische Sprachkritik online
• Ort Quelle: Heidelberg : Heidelberg University Publishing, 2017
• Jahr Quelle: 2018
• Band/Heft Quelle: 3(2018), Seite 95-102
• ISSN Quelle: 2568-4558
• DOI: doi:10.17885/heiup.heso.2018.0.23890
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 1846027985
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• Lokale URL UB: Zum Volltext

Abstract

Linguistic purism refers to an activity which aims at cleansing a language from unwanted influences. However, what counts as an ‘unwanted influence’ usually rests on certain social ideals that are not necessarily shared by all members of a society. These ideals may be oriented towards a nostalgic conception of the past, towards certain ethnographic varieties, or towards the language usage of a conceived social elite. This article gives an overview of different language-purifying attempts made with respect to British English in the course of its history. In comparison with other languages, it is remarkable that purifying efforts have never exerted any larger or longer-lasting influence on the English language, despite or because of the diverse situations of language contact that it was involved in.