"Eastoxification" supersedes "Westoxification" in Persian

Language Log 2019-06-23

Summary:

One never ceases to be amazed at the articles one comes upon in Wikipedia.  First, in this comment to a discussion on anti-Westernism in China ("War on foreign names in China" [6/22/19]), I encountered the notion of "Westoxification" in contemporary Iranian discourse.  Reading the Wikipedia article on this subject is so interesting that I copy […]

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https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=43338

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

06/23/2019, 15:48

Date published:

06/23/2019, 12:23