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What is a standard language?

What is a standard language? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (sociolinguistics) A particular variety of a language that is regarded as the most correct, widely accepted, or prestigious way of writing or speaking the language.
  2. (sociolinguistics) A variety of a language selected and promoted by some authority.
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In complete decreolization, the dialect gradually disappears, and the population eventually comes to speak the standard language.
A standard language can be recognized by the fact that there are no editable fields in the dialog window.
With a little forethought, a person with a solid stock of standard language can adjust his speech to his hearer's ability to comprehend.
There has also been discussion regarding the development of standard language in family law orders.
Political factors have often caused one dialect to dominate an area and then become a more stable standard language.
Some judges have developed standard language and forms for use in conditional sentence orders.

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