Original scientific paper
Language Construction and Reconstruction as Exemplified by Esperanto and Modern Hebrew
Marko Kovačić
Abstract
Esperanto and Modern Hebrew have quite opposite origins and purposes: the former is
a constructed language and the latter is reconstructed. Constructed languages are a mere
linguistic exercise that can become a tool of uniformity when combined with ideology. On
the other hand reconstructed languages such as Hebrew offer hope that other such instances
can be brought back to life and that wrongs that made them extinct can be undone. Language
nests have proven to be a successful method in language revival policies.
Keywords
hillelism, uniformity, language construction and reconstruction, language nests
Hrčak ID:
243217
URI
Publication date:
1.4.2020.
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