Linguistic Purism in Iceland – in the Past and Today
The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an...
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ftunivgdanskojs:oai:ojsug.pkp.sfu.ca:article/10160 2024-02-11T10:05:15+01:00 Linguistic Purism in Iceland – in the Past and Today Språklig purisme på Island – i fortid og nåtid Michnowska, Agata 2023-12-15 application/pdf https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/SS/article/view/10160 https://doi.org/10.26881/ss.2023.27.10 nor nor Uniwersytet Gdański https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/SS/article/view/10160/9223 https://czasopisma.bg.ug.edu.pl/index.php/SS/article/view/10160 doi:10.26881/ss.2023.27.10 Studia Scandinavica; No. 7(27) (2023): Studia Scandinavica; 145-157 Studia Scandinavica; Nr 7(27) (2023): Studia Scandinavica; 145-157 2657-6740 1230-6053 språkpolitikk språklig purisme det islandske språket Island lånord language policy linguistic purism Icelandic language loan words info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2023 ftunivgdanskojs https://doi.org/10.26881/ss.2023.27.10 2024-01-16T18:19:16Z The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an untouched form. To achieve that, Icelanders avoid borrowing words or grammatical structures from other languages. The study provides an outline of different undertakings aimed at preserving the Icelandic language, and presents the most important Icelandic organisations involved in language planning and key legal regulations in this area. It also describes Icelanders’ attitude to the impact of the English language. The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an untouched form. To achieve that, Icelanders avoid borrowing words or grammatical structures from other languages. The study provides an outline of different undertakings aimed at preserving the Icelandic language, and presents the most important Icelandic organisations involved in language planning and key legal regulations in this area. It also describes Icelanders’ attitude to the impact of the English language. The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an untouched form. To achieve that, Icelanders avoid borrowing words or grammatical structures from other languages. The study provides an outline of different undertakings aimed at preserving the Icelandic language, and presents the most important Icelandic organisations involved in language planning and key ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland University Scientific Journals University of Gdansk (UGN) Studia Scandinavica 7(27) 145 157 |
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The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an untouched form. To achieve that, Icelanders avoid borrowing words or grammatical structures from other languages. The study provides an outline of different undertakings aimed at preserving the Icelandic language, and presents the most important Icelandic organisations involved in language planning and key legal regulations in this area. It also describes Icelanders’ attitude to the impact of the English language. The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an untouched form. To achieve that, Icelanders avoid borrowing words or grammatical structures from other languages. The study provides an outline of different undertakings aimed at preserving the Icelandic language, and presents the most important Icelandic organisations involved in language planning and key legal regulations in this area. It also describes Icelanders’ attitude to the impact of the English language. The article examines the history of the Icelandic linguistic purism (málhreinsunarstefna). For many years Icelanders have been known for their conservative attitude to any kind of foreign influence on their language. The country’s official language policy is to preserve the Icelandic language in an untouched form. To achieve that, Icelanders avoid borrowing words or grammatical structures from other languages. The study provides an outline of different undertakings aimed at preserving the Icelandic language, and presents the most important Icelandic organisations involved in language planning and key ... |
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