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Author Bermel, Neil.

Title Linguistic authority, language ideology, and metaphor : the Czech orthography wars / by Neil Bermel.

Publication Info. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, [2007]
©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 369 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Language, power and social process ; 17
Language, power, and social process ; 17.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Contents Cover -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Orthographic reform and language planning -- Chapter 2 Standard Czech in its social and linguistic setting -- Chapter 3 Spelling reform in Czech, 14001900 -- Chapter 4 Spelling reform in Czech, 19001980 -- Chapter 5 Czech orthographic reform, 19801994 -- Chapter 6 The actors in spelling reform: Issues and debates -- Chapter 7 Debating linguistics, authority, and legitimacy -- Chapter 8 Metaphors and the conceptualization of language -- Chapter 9 Conclusions -- Backmatter.
Summary How does a country find itself 'at war' over spelling? This book focuses on a crucial juncture in the post-communist history of the Czech Republic, when an orthographic commission with a moderate reformist agenda found itself the focus of enormous public.
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Subject Czech language -- Orthography and spelling -- History.
Czech language -- Orthography and spelling.
History.
Czech language -- Reform -- History.
Czech language.
Language planning -- Czech Republic.
Language planning.
Czech Republic.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Bermel, Neil. Linguistic authority, language ideology, and metaphor. Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2007 (DLC) 2006029042
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