Constructing a linguistic commonwealth: John Hart's ideology and rhetoric of spelling reform

IF 1.4 2区文学 Q2 COMMUNICATION

Language & Communication Pub Date : 2025-11-01 Epub Date: 2025-10-13 DOI:10.1016/j.langcom.2025.09.010

Andrew Ji Ma

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Abstract

Orthographic standardisation and codification had a central place in linguistic scholarship of the Renaissance period. This paper situates the study of John Hart's proposals for spelling reform in a political context. Instead of focusing entirely on the scientific content of his linguistic writings, it brings together the technical, ideological, and rhetorical dimensions in one discussion, seeking to investigate how Hart's ideas about language were informed by the theory and practice of Tudor politics. I argue that Hart maps at least four meanings of the concept commonwealth onto his understanding of spelling rationalisation. This linguistic endeavour can be seen as a programme to construct a commonwealth of orthography, which was modelled on the Tudor ideology and rhetoric of creating a socio-political commonwealth.

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构建语言共同体：约翰·哈特的拼写改革思想与修辞

正字法的标准化和编纂在文艺复兴时期的语言学研究中占有中心地位。本文将约翰·哈特的拼写改革建议置于政治语境中进行研究。这本书并没有完全关注他的语言学著作的科学内容，而是将技术、意识形态和修辞的维度集中在一起进行讨论，试图调查哈特关于语言的观点是如何受到都铎政治理论和实践的影响的。我认为，哈特将英联邦概念的至少四种含义映射到他对拼写合理化的理解上。这种语言学上的努力可以被看作是一种构建正字法共同体的计划，它以都铎王朝的意识形态和创造社会政治共同体的修辞为模型。

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Language & Communication Multiple-

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