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Nounstandard language (plural standard languages)
- (sociolinguistics) A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most "correct" or neutral variety; used by a population for public and formal purposes.
- Synonyms: standard, standard dialect, standard variety
- 2014, Stephan Elspaß, Prescriptive norms and norms of usage in nineteenth-century German, University of Salzburg [Gijsbert Rutten, Rik Vosters, Wim Vandenbussche, Norms and Usage in Language History, 1600–1900: A sociolinguistic and comparative perspective, John Benjamins Publishing Company] p. 303:
- In modern standard languages, norms of usage often seem to be superimposed by prescriptive norms.
- (sociolinguistics) A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.
- Synonyms: standardized language
- 1978, James E. Alatis, International Dimensions of Bilingual Education, Georgetown University Press, p. xii:
- Some remain clusters of dialects like those of the Pamirs; others are at varying levels of stabilisation; some may be young standard languages, having only recently achieved that status; [...]
- 1994, Suzanne Romaine, Language in Society: An Introduction to Sociolinguistics, Oxford University Press, p. 85, ISBN 978-0-19-875133-5:
- Not all standard languages have the backing of institutions such as the Académie française. English is a good example of a standard language without such a regulatory body.
- French: langue standard
- German: Standardsprache, Ausbausprache, Schriftsprache especially written, Einheitssprache, Hochsprache, Gemeinsprache, Literatursprache
- Italian: lingua standard
- Portuguese: língua padrão
- Russian: станда́ртный язы́к
- Spanish: lengua estándar
- Russian: станда́ртный язы́к
- Spanish: lengua estándar
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