Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”

Emphasising the importance of language ideological research into the attitudes of linguists (Milroy 2012) and taking as points of reference concepts such as “verbal hygiene” (Cameron 1995), “standard language ideology” (Milroy and Milroy 1999) and “language myths” (Watts 2011), the present paper foc...

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Main Author:	Vișan Ruxandra
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:	Romanian Journal of English Studies
Subjects:	globalisation language ideology romglish verbal hygiene
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0017

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spelling	doaj-a68e56df00754ca09f2627a75de851202021-09-05T14:00:18ZengSciendoRomanian Journal of English Studies1584-37342286-04282016-12-0113113714410.1515/rjes-2016-0017rjes-2016-0017Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”Vișan Ruxandra0University of BucharestEmphasising the importance of language ideological research into the attitudes of linguists (Milroy 2012) and taking as points of reference concepts such as “verbal hygiene” (Cameron 1995), “standard language ideology” (Milroy and Milroy 1999) and “language myths” (Watts 2011), the present paper focuses on two recent interviews given by prominent linguists, where the emphasis falls on “Romglish”, a much-discussed label in the contemporary Romanian media. The paper identifies (as central to these linguists’ attitudes) myths such as those relating to homogeneity and legitimacy, discussing the pertinence of such myths in the present context of globalisation.https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0017globalisationlanguage ideologyromglishverbal hygiene
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title	Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”
title_short	Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”
title_full	Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”
title_fullStr	Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”
title_full_unstemmed	Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”
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publisher	Sciendo
series	Romanian Journal of English Studies
issn	1584-3734 2286-0428
publishDate	2016-12-01
description	Emphasising the importance of language ideological research into the attitudes of linguists (Milroy 2012) and taking as points of reference concepts such as “verbal hygiene” (Cameron 1995), “standard language ideology” (Milroy and Milroy 1999) and “language myths” (Watts 2011), the present paper focuses on two recent interviews given by prominent linguists, where the emphasis falls on “Romglish”, a much-discussed label in the contemporary Romanian media. The paper identifies (as central to these linguists’ attitudes) myths such as those relating to homogeneity and legitimacy, discussing the pertinence of such myths in the present context of globalisation.
topic	globalisation language ideology romglish verbal hygiene
url	https://doi.org/10.1515/rjes-2016-0017
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Linguists, Romglish and “Verbal Hygiene”

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