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Vernaculars and the Idea of a Standard Language
Authors: Andrew Linn
Venue: The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics
Type: Article
Abstract: This chapter deals with the processes by which the European vernaculars gained prestige vis-à-vis Latin from the late Middle Ages onwards. It addresses the “idea” of a standard language and how this has been advanced by particular actors and institutions across Europe, focusing primarily on the period from the Renaissance to the eighteenth century. It also considers whether standard languages are now outmoded concepts and suggests that we are now in a period characterized by destandardization.
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