Linguistic purism — (or linguistic protectionism) is the definition of one language variety as purer than other varieties, often in reference to a perceived decline from an ideal past or an unwanted similarity with other languages, but sometimes simply to an… … Wikipedia
Linguistic purism in Icelandic — is the sociolinguistic phenomenon of linguistic purism in the Icelandic language. Its aim is to substitute loanwords with the creation of new words from Old Icelandic and Old Norse roots and prevent new loanwords entering the language. In Iceland … Wikipedia
Linguistic typology — is a subfield of linguistics that studies and classifies languages according to their structural features. Its aim is to describe and explain the structural diversity of the world s languages. It includes three subdisciplines: qualitative… … Wikipedia
LINGUISTIC LITERATURE, HEBREW — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction foreword the beginning of linguistic literature linguistic literature and its background the development of linguistic literature Foreword: A Well Defined Unit the four… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Linguistic universal — A linguistic universal is a statement that is true for all natural languages. For example, All languages have nouns and verbs, or All spoken languages have consonants and vowels. Research in this area of linguistics is closely tied to linguistic… … Wikipedia
Linguistic modality — For modality signaled with grammatical affixes, see Grammatical mood. Grammatical categories Animacy Aspect Case Clusivity Definiteness … Wikipedia
Linguistic map — Languages of the world Isoglosses … Wikipedia
Bibliography — I. INTRODUCTION The bibliography is arranged by classes and subclasses. With very few exceptions, only works published after 1945 have been included. For historical works, one should consult George Black s A Gypsy Bibliography (Edinburgh:… … Historical dictionary of the Gypsies
linguistic policy and legislation — One of the most distinctive features of post Franco Spain is its emergence as a decentralized and plurilingual country after a period during which severe, albeit lessening, repression of minority languages was exercised in the interests of… … Encyclopedia of contemporary Spanish culture
Bibliography of the Western Apache — This is a list of works which deal with the Western Apache, organised by subject. LanguagePedagogy* Arizona State University American Indian Language Development Institute. (1983). Nohwiyati’ [Our language] . SIL. * Bunney, Curtis. (1974). Nnee… … Wikipedia
