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Publication details [#14830]

Schiffman, Harold F. 1998. Standardization or restandardization: The case for "Standard" Spoken Tamil. Language in Society 27 (3) : 359–385.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
diglossia | lingua franca | standardization
Language as a subject
Tamil
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

On the role of literacy and writing in language standardization processes, with a focus on (the inter-dialect koiné of) spoken Tamil.