Death of a purist or how Dutch appeared to be a dangerous mother tongue
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| Publication date | 12-10-2020 |
| Publisher | History and Philosophy of the Language Sciences |
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| Abstract | In 1668 the Dutch scholar Adriaan Koerbagh was convicterd of publishing a radical book. The main reason for his conviction, however, was that he published it in his mother tongue. In this paper it is demonstrated how Koerbagh how Koerbagh fits into a purist tradition that goes back to Goropius Becanus and Simon Stevin and which is also found in ther works of the German grammarian Schottelius. |
| Document type | Web publication or website |
| Language | English |
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https://hiphilangsci.net/2020/10/12/death-of-a-purist/
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