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Parent topics
- Linguistics [r]: The scientific study of language. [e]
- Sociolinguistics [r]: Branch of linguistics concerned with language in social contexts - how people use language, how it varies, how it contributes to users' sense of identity, etc. [e]
- Multilingualism [r]: The state of knowing two or more languages, either in individuals or whole speech communities. [e]
Subtopics
- Lingua franca [r]: Any language used for widespread communication between groups who do not share a native language or where native speakers are typically in the minority; name from 'Lingua Franca', a pidgin once used around the Mediterranean. [e]
- Official language [r]: one given political recognition in a region, usually a state, and typically used in politics and law. [e]
- Standard language [r]: Versatile variety of a language that is able to perform the highest functions for communication in a society, that serves as a reference and that represents the whole language beyond its dialects. [e]
- Pluricentric language [r]: Language with different standard varieties, originating from different states (sometimes from different regions, dialects or communities), without precluding the unity of the language. [e]
- Linguistic prescriptivism [r]: The laying down or prescribing of normative rules for the use of a language, or the making of recommendations for effective language usage. [e]
- Speech community [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Politics [r]: The process by which human beings living in communities make decisions and establish obligatory values for their members. [e]
- Official language [r]: one given political recognition in a region, usually a state, and typically used in politics and law. [e]
- Lingua franca [r]: Any language used for widespread communication between groups who do not share a native language or where native speakers are typically in the minority; name from 'Lingua Franca', a pidgin once used around the Mediterranean. [e]
- Thomas Jefferson [r]: (1743-1826) Third U.S. President (from 1801 to 1809), first U.S. Secretary of State (from 1789 to 1793), author of the U.S. Declaration of Independence, and founder of the University of Virginia. [e]