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The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization is an authoritative resource that investigates the multifaceted processes by which languages become standardized. Through detailed case studies and theoretical frameworks, the handbook traces standardization efforts across different languages, regions, and historical periods.
The collection addresses fundamental questions about language authority, the role of institutions in standardization, and the tension between prescriptive standards and descriptive linguistic reality. Contributors examine how standardization affects dialects, minority languages, and language communities, while exploring the political, educational, and cultural dimensions of language standardization.
Essential for linguists, language scholars, policymakers, and students of sociolinguistics, this handbook provides both historical perspective and contemporary insights into how languages are regulated and how standardization shapes linguistic identity and practice.
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