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Iran’s Language Planning Confronting English Abbreviations

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This chapter discusses the theoretical basis and outcomes of the official terminology plan by the Academy of Persian Language and Literature seeking encourage abbreviation in Persian in order to eliminate English abbreviated forms from Persian terminologies. It answers crucial questions including: are the outcomes of the official plan good terms? Is Persian encountering a borrowed term formation method? Does Principle of Least Effort support the terminology plan for abbreviation? Why is it difficult to counter English abbreviated forms? Why are abbreviated forms not coined vigorously in Persian? And, is the infrequency of abbreviation in Persian a problem? This chapter explains the reasons of the inequality between the dynamicity of abbreviation methods in different languages from structural, cognitive and sociolinguistic perspectives. It also suggests strategies to address unresolved issues that have arisen before approving the plan and during its implementation.

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Akbari, F. (2020). Assessment of Iran’s Language Planning: Discussions. In: Iran’s Language Planning Confronting English Abbreviations. SpringerBriefs in Linguistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35383-4_6

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