[Edling] on Plain language & DEI

[Francis M. Hult via Edling]

Hi Shawna,

Thanks for sharing this piece.  I enjoyed reading it.  I've been following
the Plain Language (*klarspråk*) movement in Sweden so it's a topic
of interest to me from a language policy and planning perspective.

In the piece, you mention the prescriptivist tension and attempts to
mitigate this.  I'm wondering if you could say a bit more about how
Plain Language scholars engage with the potential for application to take a
prescriptivist turn.  In Sweden, my sense is that the Plain Language
movement has leaned towards verbal hygiene
<https://www.routledge.com/Verbal-Hygiene/Cameron/p/book/9780415696005>,
but perhaps that is influenced by dominant ideologies of normativity in
Sweden.

Best,
Francis

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On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 10:07 AM karen stanley via Edling <
edling at lists.mail.umbc.edu> wrote:

> Thank you! I've shared it ... wait ... on Facebook! (Is that high praise
> or something a bit different?????)
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> Karen
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> On Friday, October 13, 2023 at 09:26:39 AM EDT, Shapiro, Shawna via Edling
> <edling at lists.mail.umbc.edu> wrote:
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> Thought you all might find this relevant to your work😊
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> https://www.insidehighered.com/opinion/views/2023/10/13/plain-language-key-dei-academe-opinion
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> Thanks,
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> Shawna
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