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Language, Politics, And History: An Introductory Essay, José Del Valle
Language, Politics, And History: An Introductory Essay, José Del Valle
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This book chapter examines different articulations of language and history and introduces a new configuration that focuses on the political dimension of language.
Linguistic Emancipation And The Academies Of The Spanish Language In The Twentieth Century: The 1951 Turning Point, José Del Valle
Linguistic Emancipation And The Academies Of The Spanish Language In The Twentieth Century: The 1951 Turning Point, José Del Valle
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In this article, the author focuses on the conference of academies of the Spanish language that took place in Mexico in 1951 and analyzes the discourses on language as well as the views on the linguistic institutions that emerged in the course of the conference. The reasons for the Real Academia Española´s absence are addressed and so is the initiative by Mexico´s president Miguel Alemán.