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Peer reviewedHill, Peter – Babel: Journal of the Australian Federation of Modern Language Teachers' Associations, 1977
This discussion of standard language and dialect is based on opinions and theories regarding Slavonic languages. A set of objective criteria is offered. Distinctions between language, standard language, dialect, glottolect and sociolect are made, and social and political conditions which give rise to them are discussed. References are included.…
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Language, Language Classification
Ruhlen, Merritt – 1975
The present work is divided into two parts. Part I provides a general orientation to the material for both linguists and non-linguists. Part II contains information about 700 of the world's languages. Chapter 1 presents a few of the essentials about language and languages for non-linguists. Chapter 2 provides a brief explanation of how the data…
Descriptors: Dialects, Language, Language Classification, Language Typology
