De-Hegemonizing Language Standards pp 41-83 | Cite as
Towards a Broader Standard: The ‘Non-Standard’ as ‘Natural’ Resistance
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This section will present the linguistic perspective(s)52 on standardization and the function of standard languages. Chapter 1 was primarily concerned with arguments against the standard from outside the discipline of linguistics. Here, I shall consider, in a sense, what standard languages do in real situations where they function as standards in the face of strong theoretical ‘proofs’ against their viability and fairness.
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- 65.See, for instance, C. L. R. James’s Beyond a Boundary (1984), which can be read as an example of an enabling non-parodic resistance to these norms.Google Scholar
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© Arjuna Parakrama 1995