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Standardizing Minority Languages: Conflict between Traditional and New Speakers
- Authors: Guermanova N.N.1
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- Moscow State Linguistic University
- Issue: No 3(884) (2024)
- Pages: 25-32
- Section: Linguistics
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2542-2197/article/view/316132
- ID: 316132
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The article focuses on the conflict between traditional speakers of minority languages and new speakers, who learned the language in its standardized form in the course of revitalization. The author reveals the social, psychological and linguistic aspects of this conflict. It is shown, with a special reference to Manx Gaelic, that both sides of the conflict take a purist stand; however, for the former it means following traditional linguistic practices, while for the latter - innovations with a view to return to historical roots.
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Natalia Nikolaevna Guermanova
Moscow State Linguistic University
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Email: nata-germanova@yandex.ru
Doctor of Philology (Dr. habil.), Associate Professor, Professor at the Department of General and Comparative Linguistics Moscow State Linguistic University
Russian FederationReferences
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