standard variety

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English

Noun

standard variety (plural standard varieties)

  1. (sociolinguistics) Synonym of standard language

Usage notes

  • The term is used as a more neutral replacement for the loaded "standard language". Compare standard dialect.

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ulrike Vogl (2012) “Multilingualism in a standard language culture”, in Matthias Hüning, Ulrike Vogl, Olivier Moliner, editors, Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History (Multilingualism and diversity management)‎, volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, page 15