standard language (English, noun)
expansion: standard language (plural standard languages)
Senses:
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
glosses: A form of a language that is institutionally promoted, regarded as the most correct or neutral variety, and is used by a population for public and formal purposes.
topics: human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
social-science
sociolinguistics
sociology
glosses: A language that has a standard form as one of its varieties; a language that has undergone standardization.
Forms:
form: standard languages
tags: plural