Winifred V. Davies
List of John Benjamins publications for which Winifred V. Davies plays a role.
Articles
Myths we live and speak by: Ways of imagining and managing language and languages Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History, Hüning, Matthias, Ulrike Vogl and Olivier Moliner (eds.), pp. 45–70 | Article
2012 This chapter examines beliefs about language(s), showing how they are rooted in and help maintain a standard language ideology, i.e. the conviction that certain languages exist in uniform standardised forms and that such forms are desirable. Such an ideology is widespread, although not universal,… read more
The role of World War II in the development of Luxembourgish as a national language Luxembourg, Horner, Kristine (ed.), pp. 112–131 | Article
2009 This paper explores the link between explicit Luxembourgish language policy and the actual practices as well as expressed attitudes of a group of speakers of Luxembourgish, with the aim of studying the role of World War II in the advancement of Luxembourgish as Luxembourg’s national language. The… read more