Russian Linguistic Bulletin (Sep 2018)

SPANISH-SPEAKING COMMUNITY: SEARCHING FOR STANDARD SPANISH

  • Raevskaya, M.M.

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18454/RULB.2018.15.3.3
Journal volume & issue
no. 3
pp. 15 – 18

Abstract

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The article deals with the current issue of standard language, looking into the situation in the Spanish-speaking community where the language they share is to ensure comfortable interaction in everyday communication. A common language norm has been seen as vital for the Spanish language area if it is to preserve its linguistic and cultural identity in the globalized world. The study analyzes the history of emerging Standard Spanish concept and its recognition by the linguistic community. The author addresses the interpretations of the Spanish pluricentric norm based on the standardized literary language that, in its turn, shapes the so-called Pan-Hispanic language norm. The Spanish language norms are explored not only from the traditional academic prescriptive point of view, but in the current Pan-Hispanic context as well.

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