Bibliografía seleccionada y comentada sobre prejuicios lingüísticos, ideas erradas y mitos referidos al lenguaje

• Longa Martínez, Victor M. ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Universidade de Santiago de Compostela

     Santiago de Compostela, España

     
• Localización: Moenia: Revista lucense de lingüistica & literatura, ISSN 1137-2346, Nº. 30, 2024
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.15304/moenia.id9321
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  • A selected and annotated bibliography on linguistic prejudices, misconceptions, and myths about language
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  • español

    Los seres humanos asumen prejuicios de todo tipo; por desgracia, el lenguaje, como rasgo humano fundamental, no está libre de ellos. En la sociedad están muy extendidos numerosos prejuicios lingüísticos y mitos sobre el lenguaje que son muy nocivos, pues fomentan la discriminación de personas o grupos y, en el fondo, son una expresión de racismo. Como estudiosos del lenguaje, una tarea de los lingüistas es luchar contra ellos, por razones vinculadas con el compromiso y responsabilidad social de este colectivo. Este trabajo muestra algunos de esos esfuerzos, seleccionando y comentando 136 trabajos que discuten críticamente y rechazan prejuicios, ideas erradas y mitos sobre el lenguaje, las lenguas y las variedades.

  • English

    Human beings assume all kinds of prejudices; unfortunately, language, as a key human feature, is not free of them. Many linguistic prejudices and myths on language and languages pervade human societies. Linguistic prejudices are really harmful, for they promote the discrimination against individuals or groups, and, beyond that, are an expression of racism. As language professionals, one of the linguists’ tasks is to fight against them, for reasons having to do with the linguists’ social commitment and responsibility. This paper shows some of those efforts, by selecting and commenting 136 references that critically discuss and reject linguistic prejudices, misconceptions and myths concerning language, languages, and varieties.

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