Linguistic purism

Under voice Purismus (French. Purisme, to lat. Purus "clean") or Voice cleaning the test is meant all foreign and loan words of a language to be removed by from the material's own language new words are formed. Representatives of a language purism are also referred to as language cleaners .

For linguistic purism in individual languages ​​see also:

• French: French language purism
• Italian: Accademia della Crusca
• German: German language purism
• Icelandic: Icelandic language purism
• Turkish: Öztürkçe

See also

• Phono-semantic alignment
• Language maintenance
• Language criticism
• Language Protection Act

literature

• Alan Kirkness: On language cleaning in German 1789-1871. A historical documentation. 2 parts. Narr, Tübingen 1975. ISBN 3-87808-626-1 .

Web links

Wiktionary: Linguistic purism  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

Wiktionary: Language cleaning  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations