504714708

Desired Language : Languages As Objects of National Ideology

Feliu, Francesc [Verfasser]

1st ed.

Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2023

Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest

1 Online-Ressource (302 pages)

IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature Ser. ; v.35

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources

978-90-272-5498-6 ; 978-90-272-1277-1

Intellectuals and politicians have long sought linguistic homogeneity in a given geographic area, especially since the beginning of the contemporary period. Although this homogeneity has almost never been fully achieved, the desired language has become real to the extent that the processes of standardisation have modified reality.