Standardisation Flashcards
What is language variety or lect?
Grammar and vocabulary
What is Language variety used for?
To represent language ina community
What does language variety identify?
Core lexical and grammatical properties
What does language variety entail?
Registers (formality) And domains (speech or written)
Why is language variety difficult to define
Different varieties in communities
Language changes over time
Outline the concept danger of standard
Standard taken as good and non standard as bad
Outline standard English
Taken as the norm
Standard reference
Outline non standard English
Communicatively perfect but not part of standard linguistic repertoire (labelled as wrong)
Outline ideology
Standard = linguistically better
Standard origins in London = capital = economic and political centre setting linguistic standard
Define haugen standard selection
Choosing between linguistic alternatives
Outline haughers standard elaboration
Extension of functional reach of standard, the chosen language variety has to be able to talk about anything (medical education etc)
Outline haugrens implementation standard
Speakers gradually accept the variety as the model of language. Used in official texts
Outline codification standard
Language presented as a code
Example for selection standard
Chancery English used in kings admin office etc
Influence of other dialects
Kings court = capital power
Elaboration standard example
Style/genre - English in medical texts (vocab borrowed from Latin and French)
