Ádám Szabó (ed.): “Cultivating Our Mother Tongue”. József Teleki, the Unknown Language Reformer Cover Image

Ádám Szabó (ed.): „Anyai nyelvünk pallérozása”. Teleki József, az ismeretlen nyelvújító
Ádám Szabó (ed.): “Cultivating Our Mother Tongue”. József Teleki, the Unknown Language Reformer

Author(s): Krisztián Bodnár
Subject(s): Cultural history, Local History / Microhistory, Historical Linguistics
Published by: Fórum Kisebbségkutató Intézet
Keywords: book review; Count József Teleki (1790–1855); language reform; language cultivation

Summary/Abstract: The review reveals that József Teleki was a young man with an open mind, in tune with the spirit of his time, who was familiar with the major achievements of Western language cultivation and incorporated them into his own work: he was an enthusiastic but balanced advocate of language renewal, refraining from extremes.

  • Issue Year: XXIV/2022
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 169-170
  • Page Count: 2
  • Language: Hungarian