Autonomous language

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An autonomous language or variety is usually a standard language that has its own established norms, as opposed to a heteronomous variety.

An autonomous language will usually have grammar books, dictionaries and literature written in it. Autonomy is largely a sociopolitical construct rather than a result of specific linguistic differences.

Examples of languages which have previously been considered to be autonomous, but are now sometimes considered heteronomous are: the Scots language, now generally thought of as a dialect of English; Occitan, sometimes thought of as a dialect of French; and Low Saxon, widely considered to be a dialect of German.

Conversely, examples of languages which have gained autonomy are: Serbian, Croatian and Bosnian from Serbo-Croatian and Afrikaans, which was formerly considered a dialect of Dutch.

See also

References

  1. Trudgill, P. (1992) "Ausbau sociolinguistics and the perception of language status in contemporary Europe" in International Journal of Applied Linguistics. Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 167-177
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