standard variety

English

Noun

standard variety (plural standard varieties)

(sociolinguistics) Synonym of standard language[1]

Antonyms

nonstandard variety
vernacular variety

Usage notes

The term is used as a more neutral replacement for the loaded "standard language".[1] Compare standard dialect.

Translations

variety of language regarded as most "correct", widely accepted, or neutral — See also translations at standard language

Czech: spisovná varieta f, standardní varieta f
German: Standardvarietät f
Indonesian: varietas baku, ragam baku (id)
Polish: odmiana ogólna języka f, odmiana standardowa języka f, narzecze ogólne n, odmiana literacka języka f
Russian: литературная форма языка f (literaturnaja forma jazyka), стандартная форма языка f (standartnaja forma jazyka)

Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: стандардни варијетет m, стандардни идиом m

Roman: standardni varijetet m, standardni idiom m
Slovak: spisovná varieta f, štandardná varieta f
Ukrainian: літературна форма мови f (literaturna forma movy), стандартна форма мови f (standartna forma movy)

References

Ulrike Vogl (2012), “Multilingualism in a standard language culture”, in Matthias Hüning, editor, Standard Languages and Multilingualism in European History (Multilingualism and diversity management)‎, volume 1, John Benjamins Publishing, →ISBN, pages 15

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