Language Is an organism a tool Linguistic Purism Definitions Linguistic purism or linguistic protectionism is the practice of defining or recognizing one variety of a language as being purer or of intrinsically higher quality than other varieties ID: 1020195
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1. Linguistic PurismCharlene Rockwell
2. Language Is…… an organism.… a tool.
3. Linguistic Purism – Definitions“Linguistic purism or linguistic protectionism is the practice of defining or recognizing one variety of a language as being purer or of intrinsically higher quality than other varieties.” (“Linguistic Purism,” n.d.)“A purist (or grammaticaster) is someone who expresses a desire to eliminate certain undesirable features from a language, including grammatical errors, jargon, neologisms, colloquialisms, and words of foreign origin.”(Nordquist, 2018)
4. A Story
5. The ResultsAdoption of purist viewpoint towards the language, leading to identity issuesSharp decline in risk-taking during language learningBilingual
6. Linguistic Influences on EnglishLatin (29%)French (29%)Germanic (26%)Greek (6%)Other (6%)Derived from proper names (4%)(“Foreign language influences in English,” 2018)
7. English Linguistic Purism(A Brief History)Inkhorn term controversy (16th-17th centuries)Advocated by Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy (19th century)Attempt to make English more accessible without classical education by William Barnes (19th century)Supported by George Orwell (20th century)The term “Anglish” coined by humourist Paul Jennings (1966)
8. WordstockSpeechcraftTokenmarkQuide SwotelingThroughseekingWhitenorthVocabularyGrammarPunctuationLinguistic PurismResearchCanadaAnglish - A Test
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10. Learner ImplicationsDecreased motivationLess risk-takingIdentity issuesDiscriminationGreater difficulties in higher education
11. Academic Writing
12. Practitioner ImplicationsContext is key“Wrong” InappropriateAddressing style and register earlyAwareness of other EnglishesReassessing assessments
13. Who establishes the rules?Who enforces the rules?Who is permitted to break the rules?How does purism succeed? How does it fail?
14. ReferencesForeign language influences in English. (2018, March 6). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Foreign_language_influences _in_English&oldid=829094086Linguistic Purism. (n.d.). In World Heritage Encyclopedia online. Retrieved from http://www.worldheritage.org/articles/Linguistic_purismNordquist, Richard. (2018, April 4). Definition and Examples of Linguistic Purism. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/purism-language- 1691704Star Wyes. (n.d). Retreived May 10, 2018 from The Anglish Moot: http://anglish.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Wyes