The ausbau issue in the Dravidian languages: the case of Tamil and the problem of purism

Tamil is a Dravidian language that began to try to develop itself, i.e., undergo Ausbau, when the perception developed that there was a threat from other languages to its very existence. In this study I claim that Tamil linguistic culture's Ausbau project has had limited success, principally be...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International journal of the sociology of language 2008-01, Vol.191, p.45-64
1. Verfasser:	Schiffman, Harold F
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Case studies Dialects Language Linguistics Proto-Dravidian languages Sanskrit South Asia Tamils
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