What is linguistic chauvinism? Analyse the order for berlin in this light how do you justify m.hemel views about french and new found love of the people towards their language
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Linguistic chauvinism is inordinate love for one’s own language; this love is so much that one considers one’s language to be superior to all the other languages of the world.
The order from Berlin was an example of linguistic chauvinism. The Germans imposed their language on the people of Alsace and Lorraine. They did not think how cruel it was as they were blinded by linguistic chauvinism.
M. Hamel and the people of Alsace were right in loving and defending their own language. M. Hamel appealed to his countrymen to hold fast to their mother tongue to be free from the Prussians. He told his people that the French language was the most beautiful, the clearest and the most logical language in the world. He appealed to his countrymen to guard it and never forget it.
'Linguistic Chauvinism' means carrying pride in one's language too far. But the love of Hamel and the village elders for French doesn't amount to this. Rather they are victims of it. German is being imposed on the French speaking people of Alsace. M. Hamel feels genueinely proud of French language. He urges others never to forget such a beautiful language. M. Hamel went on to talk of French language. He told that it was the most beautiful language of the world. It was the clearest and the most logical of all languages. He asked the people to guard it among themselves and never forget it. As long as people 'hold fast to the' language' they have the key to freedom