Double Standards

Codified Norms and Norms of Usage in European Languages (1600–2020)
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-1-80374-940-2
Verlag: Peter Lang Ltd. International Academic Publishers

Buch, Englisch, Band 9, 476 Seiten, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

Reihe: Historical Sociolinguistics

Standardisation is not a natural form of language change. The aim of such efforts is usually to create a largely uniform standard, often backed by a strong standard language ideology. However, standard languages are sometimes Janus-faced. Additional standard varieties emerge, leading to situations with «double standards» or even «multiple standards».
This volume brings together fifteen contributions on «double standards» in twelve languages – and various standard varieties thereof – from three language families, thus providing a novel comparative view on standardisation. Three main aspects of the «double standards» concept are identified: the descriptive vs prescriptive notion of standards, the coexistence of standard varieties in pluricentric or pluriareal settings, and the impact of the cohabitation of several standards in native or foreign language teaching.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Elspaß, Stephan

Mendoza, Imke

Pöll, Bernhard

Schleef, Erik

Über Autor(innen)

Stephan Elspaß is Professor of German Linguistics at the University of Salzburg (Austria).

Imke Mendoza is Professor of Slavic Linguistics at the University of Salzburg (Austria).
Bernhard Pöll is Professor of Romance Linguistics at the University of Salzburg (Austria).

Erik Schleef is Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Salzburg (Austria).