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Linguistic Authority, Language Ideology, and Metaphor: The Czech Orthography Wars (Language, Power and Social Process 17)
Linguistic Authority Language Ideology and Metaphor The Czech Orthography Wars - Language, Power and Social Process 17
Author: Neil Bermel
How does a country find itself 'at war' over spelling? This book focuses on a crucial juncture in the post-communist history of the Czech Republic, when an orthographic commission with a moderate reformist agenda found itself the focus of enormous public controversy. Delving back into history, Bermel explores the Czech nation's long tradition...  more »
ISBN-13: 9783110185966
ISBN-10: 3110185962
Publication Date: 1/30/2007
Pages: 369
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Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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