A standard language (also standard dialect or standardized dialect) is a language variety used by a group of people in their public discourse. Alternatively, varieties become standard by undergoing a process of standardization, during which it is organized for description in grammars and dictionaries and encoded in such reference works. Typically,...
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(from the article `dialect`) Standard languages arise when a certain dialect begins to be used in written form, normally throughout a broader area than that of the dialect ... ...look at local ideas about how language functions. A significant language ideology associated with the formation of modern nation-states constructs ... [2 r...
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