Exonormative

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    (Of a language variety) using a non-local form as the standard or norm.

    "An exonormative view of language is one where the perceived prestige or standard form is that of a non-local variety, while, in contrast, an endonormative view is one where features of the local variety are viewed as contributing to, or being part of, the standardised variety."

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"An exonormative view of language is one where the perceived prestige or standard form is that of a non-local variety, while, in contrast, an endonormative view is one where features of the local variety are viewed as contributing to, or being part of, the standardised variety."

Etymology

From exo- + normative.

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