https://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Inkhorn_Debate 2026-05-11T20:13:46Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.0 https://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Inkhorn_Debate&diff=8836&oldid=prev 2013-01-14T15:49:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:49, 14 January 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The so-called inkhorn debate or inkhorn controversy terms a debate which originated </del>during <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Renaissance in England and which forcefully was taking place in </del>the 16th and 17th <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">century</del>. It focuses on the tension between non-native and native vocabulary and the important question among scholars was, whether the English language should eliminate Greek and Latin loanwords and concentrate on its Anglo-Saxon roots. It was the first time in English history when people actively discussed <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </del>English language use and this discussion arose from the fact, that the Renaissance was not only a time of freedom of ideas, but also a time for freedom in language – that means freedom in borrowing and creating words. Scholars estimate that between 1500 and 1660 round about 27,000 new words entered the English language and half of these neologisms were probably loans (van Gelderen 176) – most of them from Latin and Greek, e. g. ''delirium, disability, expectation, atmosphere'' and  ''folio'', and from other languages, as well (e.g. Italian, French and Spain).</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Debate </ins>during the 16th and 17th <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">centuries</ins>. It focuses on the tension between non-native and native vocabulary and the important question among scholars was, whether the English language should eliminate Greek and Latin loanwords and concentrate on its Anglo-Saxon roots. It was the first time in English history when people actively discussed English language use and this discussion arose from the fact, that the Renaissance was not only a time of freedom of ideas, but also a time for freedom in language – that means freedom in borrowing and creating words.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The term ‘inkhorn term’ appeared in 1560 for the first time. Usually the term ‘inkhorn’ refers to a container for ink, but within the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''</del>controversy<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'' </del>it was used for a ‘learned or bookish’ word. Many of these inkhorn terms were introduced into the English language by writers and scholars through borrowing from classical literature. The main argument against these loanwords was that was they were verbiage and that they should be replaced by native English words, because they would ‘corrupt’ the language. Of course some of these words coexisted with native English words, but some of them also filled a semantic gap in the English language.     </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This controversy and debate about borrowed words and ‘a pure native language’ even nowadays remains significant, in England not to the same extent as e. g. in Iceland and France, but it is still hovering around in some people’s minds and attitudes and it is going against the linguistic view of diversification.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Scholars estimate that between 1500 and 1660 round about 27,000 new words entered the English language and half of these neologisms were probably loans (van Gelderen 176) – most of them from Latin and Greek, e.g. ''delirium, disability, expectation, atmosphere'' and  ''folio'', and from other languages, as well (e.g. Italian, French and Spain).</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The term ‘inkhorn term’ appeared in 1560 for the first time. Usually the term ‘inkhorn’ refers to a container for ink, but within the controversy it was used for a ‘learned or bookish’ word. Many of these inkhorn terms were introduced into the English language by writers and scholars through borrowing from classical literature. The main argument against these loanwords was that was they were verbiage and that they should be replaced by native English words, because they would ‘corrupt’ the language. Of course some of these words coexisted with native English words, but some of them also filled a semantic gap in the English language.     </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>This controversy and debate about borrowed words and ‘a pure native language’ even nowadays remains significant, in England not to the same extent as e.g. in Iceland and France, but it is still hovering around in some people’s minds and attitudes and it is going against the linguistic view of diversification.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key wikidb_bild-rsc:diff:1.41:old-8820:rev-8836:php=table --> </table>

Pankratz https://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Inkhorn_Debate&diff=8820&oldid=prev 2013-01-13T18:39:20Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 18:39, 13 January 2013</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Article </del>in <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">progress</del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The so-called inkhorn debate or inkhorn controversy terms a debate which originated during the Renaissance </ins>in <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">England and which forcefully was taking place in the 16th and 17th century. It focuses on the tension between non-native and native vocabulary and the important question among scholars was, whether the English language should eliminate Greek and Latin loanwords and concentrate on its Anglo-Saxon roots. It was the first time in English history when people actively discussed the English language use and this discussion arose from the fact, that the Renaissance was not only a time of freedom of ideas, but also a time for freedom in language – that means freedom in borrowing and creating words. Scholars estimate that between 1500 and 1660 round about 27,000 new words entered the English language and half of these neologisms were probably loans (van Gelderen 176) – most of them from Latin and Greek, e. g. ''delirium, disability, expectation, atmosphere'' and  ''folio'', and from other languages, as well (e.g. Italian, French and Spain).</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The term ‘inkhorn term’ appeared in 1560 for the first time. Usually the term ‘inkhorn’ refers to a container for ink, but within the ''controversy'' it was used for a ‘learned or bookish’ word. Many of these inkhorn terms were introduced into the English language by writers and scholars through borrowing from classical literature. The main argument against these loanwords was that was they were verbiage and that they should be replaced by native English words, because they would ‘corrupt’ the language. Of course some of these words coexisted with native English words, but some of them also filled a semantic gap in the English language.    </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">This controversy and debate about borrowed words and ‘a pure native language’ even nowadays remains significant, in England not to the same extent as e. g. in Iceland and France, but it is still hovering around in some people’s minds and attitudes and it is going against the linguistic view of diversification.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">'''Sources:'''</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Gelderen, Elly van. ''A History of the English Language''. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2006.</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Internet Sources: </ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://pandayellow.wordpress.com/2012/10/10/cb-inkhorn-debate/ (13.01.13)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://www.serendipity35.net/index.php?/archives/557-The-Inkhorn-Controversy-and-Composition-in-a-Digital-Age.html (13.01.13)</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div> </div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">http://campus.albion.edu/english/2012/11/06/the-inkhorn-controversy/ (13.01.13)</ins></div></td></tr> <!-- diff cache key wikidb_bild-rsc:diff:1.41:old-8817:rev-8820:php=table --> </table>

Daisy200 https://el.rub.de/wiki/Brit-Cult/index.php?title=Inkhorn_Debate&diff=8817&oldid=prev 2013-01-13T14:04:50Z

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