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A standard language (or standard variety, standard dialect, standardized dialect or simply standard) is a language variety that has undergone substantial codification of its grammar, lexicon, writing system, or other features. [1] [2] Typically, the varieties that undergo standardization are those associated with centers of commerce and ...
Language standardization involves minimizing variation, especially in written forms of language. That process includes judgments about people who don’t or can’t use the standard forms. These kinds of judgments can unfairly limit people’s access to opportunities, including in educational and professional realms. In this essay, we discuss standardized language varieties and the specific ...
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Jan 8, 2019 · Language standardization is the process by which conventional forms of a language are established and maintained. Standardization may occur as a natural development of a language in a speech community or as an effort by members of a community to impose one dialect or variety as a standard. The term re-standardization refers to the ways in which ...
- Richard Nordquist
Nov 21, 2012 · The definition of the standard language seems more elusive than that of the dialect. Dictionary definitions of “standard (language)” are limited while linguists apply wildly different approaches when describing this language variety. Lay views seem highly relevant in this definition, but these in particular have not been researched enough. To find agreement on the lay definition of ...
- Dick Smakman
- 2012
that “a homogeneous, standardized, one-size-fits-all language” (Lippi-Green, 1997, p. 65) is not only desirable, but an actual possibility and this idea is heavily instilled not only in society but also in the language education field (Lippi-Green, 1997). The notion of standard varieties of language becomes problematic as it violates the core
The standard is usually just the variety that’s associated with economic, social, or political power. For many languages, the “standard” is whatever variety is spoken in the capital city, or by a dominant political class. For English and for other European languages, the variety that people categorize as “standard” tends to be the ...
Collects earlier work and discusses the history of a standard of English, the standard and literary language, and the standard in relation to nationality, class, social status, and education. Provides sociological and philosophical discussions on standard language, authority, identity, and origin. Originally published in 1989. Haugen, Einar. 1997.
