literary language

Definitions

1. 1

   A register of a language that is used in literary writing.

2. 2

   A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular…

   A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.

   • Literary languages have been enriched by dialects and have at the same time assisted the levelling out of dialectical differences which in its turn has contributed to ….
   • I would note that almost 12% of the population of the SRCroatia are Serbs and that they are obliged to use the "Croatian literary language" for official purposes even though this is not their native language.
   • Gaj argued that the establishment of a common literary language was essential for the development of an Illyrian national consciousness and he attempted to bring together the three main dialects used by the Southern Slavs...

The neighborhood