Some aspects of language purism among Kurdish speakers
This work, SOME ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE PURISM AMONG KURDISH SPEAKERS, deals with the process of the purification of the written~ language of the Kurdish minority in Iraq. The study is the result of the investigation and analysis of written Kurdish records covering a period of half a century, from 1924 to 1973. Earl ier records have also been examined and compared. The Analysis has identified three different stages in the development of the written Kurdish language within this fifty years. They are: I. The Early Period in which the written language reI ied heavily on Arabic loanwords. The mean percentage of loans in this period is 46.48%. 2. The Middle Period in which a sharp drop in the employment of Arabic loanwords is noticed. The mean percentage of loans in this period is 9.80%. 3. The Modern Period where the written language is almost completely purified. The percentage of loans in this period is 4.46%. The purification process in the Kurdish written language, which is mainly the result of the reaction of the speakers of Kurdish against certain socio-economic pressures, has, in addition to purifying the language, resulted in: a. the introduction of diglossia; b. the introduction of changes in the lexicon
Abdulla, J. J.
Linguistics
Some aspects of language purism among Kurdish speakers. This work, SOME ASPECTS OF LANGUAGE PURISM AMONG KURDISH SPEAKERS, deals with the process of the purification of the written~ language of the Kurdish minority in Iraq. The study is the result of the investigation and analysis of written Kurdish records covering a period of half a century, from 1924 to 1973. Earl ier records have also been examined and compared. The Analysis has identified three different stages in the development of the written Kurdish language within this fifty years. They are: I. The Early Period in which the written language reI ied heavily on Arabic loanwords. The mean percentage of loans in this period is 46.48%. 2. The Middle Period in which a sharp drop in the employment of Arabic loanwords is noticed. The mean percentage of loans in this period is 9.80%. 3. The Modern Period where the written language is almost completely purified. The percentage of loans in this period is 4.46%. The purification process in the Kurdish written language, which is mainly the result of the reaction of the speakers of Kurdish against certain socio-economic pressures, has, in addition to purifying the language, resulted in: a. the introduction of diglossia; b. the introduction of changes in the lexicon
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