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Snježana Kordić Quotes

born 1964 Croatia

Snježana Kordić (born 29 October 1964) is a Croatian linguist.

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Croatian linguists proscribe words that are common to the majority of the Croatian people just to make a difference to the language in Serbia.

Cases where several nations speak the same language are treated in linguistics as pluricentric languages.

Who wants to be a linguist must apply consistently linguistic criteria, not tinkering to comply with policy needs, creating the illusion that one stands still in the field of science.

Purism increases nationalism because it teaches that everything should be classified as Croatian or non-Croatian, and what comes from their own nation must be good, while what comes from other nations must be harmful and evil.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Snježana Kordić (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.