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Tag Archives: purism; Volkskrant
“Raadstaalbingo”: Protest against political jargon by Dutch local councils
This is a blog post written by Ratih Suwitra, another student from my MA course Testing Prescriptivism: Maybe it is a coincidence, maybe it is the linguistics courses rubbing off on me, but lately I have been noticing a few things … Continue reading
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Tagged MA at Leiden; Marjan Ippel, Periklesinstituut, purism; Volkskrant, Raadstaalbingo
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