Psychological Determinants of Linguistic Purism: National Identification, Conservatism, and Attitudes to Loanwords

Artikel

Aversion to loanwords may express itself in various ways: deliberate and motivated by ideology of linguistic purism or more implicit and motivated by the strength of one’s national identification and ethnolinguistic vitality. A study of Polish philology students assessed their tendency to choose loanwords versus synonymous native words. The results supported a two-path model of linguistic purism. Social identity (strength of identification) directly predicted avoidance of loanwords, whereas ideological concerns (conservative political views) predicted it indirectly, through purist ideology.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

Classification and Topics

• Subject: Sprachpurismus ; Lehnwort ; Nationalismus ; Politische Einstellung ; Sprache

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Hansen, Karolina ; Wypych, Michał ; Bańko, Mirosław ; Bilewicz, Michał
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage
• (when): 2019-06-26

Further information

• URN: urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-89938
• Last update: 06.03.2025, 9:00 AM CET