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11 - Pedantry and Persecution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 October 2021

Peter Trudgill
Peter Trudgill
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Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
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It is a basic argument behind this chapter that all human languages are objects of wonder, and all languages and dialects deserve respect, regardless of who they are spoken by. The chapter is a plea for more linguistic tolerance and less linguistic prejudice.

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linguicismdouble negativesdecimatebanned languagesbetween and among
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European Language Matters
English in Its European Context
 , pp. 199 - 213
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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  • Pedantry and Persecution
  • Peter Trudgill, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Book: European Language Matters
  • Online publication: 29 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966498.013
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  • Pedantry and Persecution
  • Peter Trudgill, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Book: European Language Matters
  • Online publication: 29 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966498.013
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  • Pedantry and Persecution
  • Peter Trudgill, Université de Fribourg, Switzerland
  • Book: European Language Matters
  • Online publication: 29 October 2021
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108966498.013
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