Review article

https://doi.org/10.21857/m3v76t5qry

On standardization, prescriptivism and ideology

Mate Kapović orcid.org/0000-0001-7938-4323

Abstract

The paper discusses the terms prescription (the technical process of language standardization), prescriptivism (mystification of prescription) and ideology of the standard language (mystification of standardization), which are explained with examples from Croatian. The relation of scientific and ideological in discussions on language and language planning is also tackled and the paper ends with the author's overview of certain problems with language planning of Croatian in the 21st century.

Keywords

language policy, standard, prescriptivism, ideology

Hrčak ID:

281897

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/281897

Publication date:

13.9.2022.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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