Linguistic purism in Icelandic
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Linguistic purism in Icelandic
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Linguistic purism in Icelandic is the policy of discouraging new loanwords from entering the Icelandic language by instead creating new words from Old Icelandic roots, or when the latter is not applicable, Old Norse roots. The effort began in the early 19th century, at the dawn of the Icelandic national movement, aiming at replacing older loanwords, especially from Danish, and it continues today, targeting English words. It is widely upheld in Iceland and it is the dominant language ideology. It
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2007-04-06T14:19:45Z
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2024-09-14T19:07:24Z
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