Journal article
Late-Stage Standardization and Language Ideology in the Colombian Press
International journal of the sociology of language, Vol.149(149), pp.119-144
01/01/2001
DOI: 10.1515/ijsl.2001.018
Abstract
This paper explores the ideological principles upheld in Nueva Granada with respect to the Spanish language in the late 18th century, immediately before the independent movement of the colonies. Late standardization, the stage of historical evolution examined in Colombia, is related to the Borboun Reforms implemented in South America in order to revamp the economy & lifestyle of some areas formerly neglected by the Spanish Crown. Bogota was enormously benefited by these Reforms &, as a result, changed its status from audiencia to Viceroyalty. One of the outcomes of these significant changes is the boom of language studies (eg, grammar, philology, & guides to "good" linguistic usage). The concern for language appeared consistently in the nascent journalism of the times. A sample of seven papers from Bogota (1765-1810) serve as corpus to examine the attitudes of linguistic purism, which gravitate toward Metropolitan Spanish. The attitudes of the status quo reflect, too, the desires to suppress lexicon originated in the indigenous languages & features of popular Spanish. 1 Figure, 30 References. Adapted from the source document.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Late-Stage Standardization and Language Ideology in the Colombian Press
- Creators
- Mercedes Nino-Murcia
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- International journal of the sociology of language, Vol.149(149), pp.119-144
- DOI
- 10.1515/ijsl.2001.018
- ISSN
- 0165-2516
- eISSN
- 1613-3668
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/01/2001
- Academic Unit
- International Programs; Spanish and Portuguese
- Record Identifier
- 9984222747302771
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