37.2581, Books: The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National Languages: Capdevila and Feliu (eds.) (2026)

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Date: 04-Aug-2026
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National Languages: Capdevila and Feliu (eds.) (2026)


Title: The Loss of Primordial Language and the Future of National
Languages
Series Title: IVITRA Research in Linguistics and Literature   47
Publication Year: 2026

Publisher: John Benjamins
           http://www.benjamins.com/
Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/ivitra.47

Editor(s): Irene Capdevila, Francesc Feliu

eBook ISBN:  9789027243959 Pages:  270 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027243959 Pages:  270 Price: U.K. £ 97.00
eBook ISBN:  9789027243959 Pages:  270 Price: U.S. $ 149.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233936 Pages:  270 Price: Europe EURO 115.00
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Hardback ISBN:  9789027233936 Pages:  270 Price: U.K. £ 97.00
Hardback ISBN:  9789027233936 Pages:  270 Price: U.S. $ 149.00

Abstract:

The modern world, to the extent that it disassociates us from the
secular traditional world, from the “primordial” jobs and words that
support the cultural particularity forged over the centuries, weakens
the borders between languages. Neologisms bring languages closer
together irreversibly, and the loss of primordial words (the local
ways of designating a plant or a bird, the words that designated
instruments that are no longer used), often accelerated by
standardization processes which impose a term above all other
possibilities, weakens the distinctions and singularity of languages.
>From this point of view, linguistic diversity seems typical of a less
globalized world, and languages with less communicative influence seem
doomed to dissolution.
The ideology of the national language has weakened and almost
extinguished, in many cases, the internal dialectal diversity of the
languages. Could it be that now, for this same reason, these national
languages, specially those with reduced dimensions and lacking a
projection beyond their historical territories, are in danger? What
role can the preservation of the primordial language play in the
attempt to combat the dynamics of linguistic globalization? These
reflections are the focus of the contributions included in this
volume.

Written In: English (eng, stan1293)



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