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Publication details [#21593]

Clyne, Michael. 1989. Pluricentricity: National variety. In Ammon, Ulrich, ed. Status and function of languages and language varieties. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 357–371.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

international context | language dominance | language spread | language variety

Language as a subject

English | German

Annotation

It is argued that varieties of languages with centers of diffusion in various nations, tend to converge towards the variety used by the most powerful nation.