sum linguistics imperialism two weaks ago posted question whether linguistics origin imperialistic effords pointed cases like arabic grammar latin sanskrit sanskrit case quite obviously fit k put provokative fashion formulated sharply really mind reactions vivid case india sanskrit pointed sanskrit case concern preserve correct language danger beeing lost otherwise would made religious texts unreadable michael newman karl v teeter mechthild reh european cases generally intention emancipation latin give country status respectable roman empire michael newman mechthild reh spanish first grammar published 1492 concest america time fall kingdom granada michael newman nynorsk rise conception nynorsk landsmaal norway 1800s part nationalist reaction danish rule imperialism long story nynorsk never succeeded dominating norway afraid jon hareide aarbakke linguistics emancipatory efford mechthild reh see gupta term imperialistic think inappropriate use terms like imperialist make sense conquest subjugation peoples came seen perhaps somewhat unethical one times speaking would done term anachronistic michael newman linguists imperialists several people asked wheather thinking direction certainly nt linguistics help answer lots questions see greek sophistic tradition question made linguistic attempt suddenly beeing successful national level thus idea refers linguistics beeing mis used beeing evil actually linguist well general aggreement grammar books english came 18th century together early dictionaries people say insecurity middleclass english speakers faced language latinised interestingly british ventures india north america think also coincided period afraid nt really got actual dates giving memory peter tan however anthea fraser gupta points spence 18c orthoepist millenarian early socialist believed everyone pronounced correctly social discrimination based accent would disappear everyone would equal millenium would come etc seems general conditions favor imperialism society might also favor growth kinds studies society society afford work expansion afford support people functioning intellectuals also think natural society goes imperialistic phase kinds resources exist society bent purpose supporting imperialist expansion marion kee heard theories prescriptionist grammar arose united states way reclaiming diminishing boundries social classes idiolect today certainly reflect social class curious early works found early english grammars much reference religion past glories language english people would guessed 1700 appears justification using wellconstructed language language 1 hommage god since early grammarians apparently believed language divine gift way separate man beast 2 earlier idea latin greek nearperfectly constructed language shifted english believe proper care english succeed nearly perfecting efforts must continue tom mcclive new science developped state always wants use imperialistic way origin _ per se _ science imp first use oldest still observe least good state marc belanger tips reading pennycook alastair 1989 concept method interested knowledge politics language teaching tesol quarterly 23 589 transactions philological society 1974 3364 name anthea frser shields university chicago press _ politics linguistics _