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Linguistic purism in English
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<p><a href="/facts/Linguistic_purism/zjL5N8PF">Purism in the linguistic field</a> is the historical trend of languages to conserve intact their lexical structure of <a href="/facts/Word_family/6RFbGmSs">word families</a>, in opposition to foreign influences which are considered 'impure'. Historically, linguistic purism in English is a reaction to the great number of <a href="/facts/Loanword/PWGYczgY">borrowings</a> in the <a href="/facts/English_language/tpkxGt7b">English language</a> from other languages, especially <a href="/facts/Old_French/QcRpPdAc">Old French</a>, since the <a href="/facts/Norman_conquest_of_England/z8AShyvl">Norman conquest of England</a>, and some of its native vocabulary and grammar have been supplanted by features of <a href="/facts/Romance_languages/TMK4KHI3">Latinate</a> and <a href="/facts/Greek_language/pzDd6eIz">Greek</a> origin. Efforts to remove or consider the removal of foreign terms in English are often known as Anglish, a term coined by author and humorist <a href="/facts/Paul_Jennings_(British_author)/XyMWUJYP">Paul Jennings</a> in 1966. </p><p>English linguistic purism has persisted in diverse forms since the <a href="/facts/Inkhorn_term/4ceEQXUz">inkhorn term</a> controversy of the <a href="/facts/Early_modern_period/hhpHM721">early modern period</a>. In its mildest form, purism stipulates the use of <a href="/facts/List_of_Germanic_and_Latinate_equivalents_in_English/tLTpsgLd">native terms instead of loanwords</a>. In stronger forms, new words are coined from <a href="/facts/Germanic_languages/BxAJX3Kf">Germanic</a> roots (such as <i>wordstock</i> for <i>vocabulary</i>) or revived from <a href="/facts/History_of_English/v2UzoH20">older stages of English</a> (such as <i>shrithe</i> for <i>proceed</i>). Noted purists of <a href="/facts/Early_Modern_English/vSza8r03">Early Modern English</a> include <a href="/facts/John_Cheke/E7veIaal">John Cheke</a>, <a href="/facts/Thomas_Wilson_(rhetorician)/h9PMaCn6">Thomas Wilson</a>, <a href="/facts/Ralph_Lever/kLt4J3FY">Ralph Lever</a>, <a href="/facts/Richard_Rowlands/nX9CAeTW">Richard Rowlands</a>, and <a href="/facts/Nathaniel_Fairfax/XedkaJdH">Nathaniel Fairfax</a>. Modern linguistic purists include <a href="/facts/William_Barnes/K4WaHBRb">William Barnes</a>, <a href="/facts/Charles_Dickens/B54mQHJs">Charles Dickens</a>, <a href="/facts/Gerard_Manley_Hopkins/SS4BWzWw">Gerard Manley Hopkins</a>, <a href="/facts/Elias_Molee/mrp1SsCX">Elias Molee</a>, <a href="/facts/Percy_Grainger/v1975KhA">Percy Grainger</a>, and <a href="/facts/George_Orwell/aIQhGvNh">George Orwell</a>. </p>