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O standardnom dijalektu, nacionalizmu i ideologiji
On Standard Dialect, Nationalism and Ideology

Author(s): Mate Kapović
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Published by: Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište Josipa Jurja Strossmayera, Osijek
Keywords: standard dialect; standardization; ideology; prescriptivism;

Summary/Abstract: The paper is a response to the article In Defense of the Standard Language (Matasović 2020) and discusses several issues in relation to language standardization and language planning ‒ ideology in general, the relation of the standard dialect and nationalism, the nature and function of the standard dialect, standard dialect speakers, “usage guides” and the lektori, ideology of standard language and language change.

  • Issue Year: XXIII/2022
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 87-128
  • Page Count: 42
  • Language: Croatian