Manual of Standardization in the Romance Languages

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Language standardization is an ongoing process based on the notions of linguistic correctness and models. This manual contains thirty-six chapters that deal with the theories of linguistic norms and give a comprehensive up-to-date description and analysis of the standardization processes in the Romance languages. The first section presents the essential approaches to the concept of linguistic norm ranging from antiquity to the present, and includes individual chapters on the notion of linguistic norms and correctness in classical grammar and rhetoric, in the Prague School, in the linguistic theory of Eugenio Coseriu, in sociolinguistics as well as in pragmatics, cognitive and discourse linguistics. The second section focuses on the application of these notions with respect to the Romance languages. It examines in detail the normative grammar and the normative dictionary as the reference tools for language codification and modernization of those languages that have a long and well-established written tradition, i.e. Romanian, Italian, French, Catalan, Spanish, and Portuguese. Furthermore, the volume offers a discussion of the key issues regarding the standardization of the ‘minor’ Romance languages as well as Creoles. Manuals of Romance Linguistics Preface Table of Contents Abbreviations Introduction 0. Romance Standardology: Roots and Traditions Theories of Linguistic Norm 1. Linguistic Norm in Classical Grammar and Rhetoric 2. Linguistic Norm in the Prague School of Linguistics 3. Linguistic Norm in the Linguistic Theory of Eugenio Coseriu 4. Linguistic Norm in Sociolinguistics 5. Linguistic Norm in Linguistic Pragmatics 6. Linguistic Norm in Cognitive Linguistics 7. Linguistic Norm in Discourse Linguistics Instruments and Reference Tools for Language Codification and Modernization 8. Romanian 8.1 Orthography and Orthoepy 8.2 Normative Grammars 8.3 Normative Dictionaries 8.4 Dictionaries of Language Difficulties 9. Italian 9.1 Orthography and Orthoepy 9.2 Normative Grammars 9.3 Normative Dictionaries 9.4 Dictionaries of Language Difficulties 10. French 10.1 Orthography and Orthoepy 10.2 Normative Grammars 10.3 Normative Dictionaries 10.4 Dictionaries of Language Difficulties 11. Catalan 11.1 Orthography and Orthoepy 11.2 Normative Grammars 11.3 Normative Dictionaries 11.4 Dictionaries of Language Difficulties 12. Spanish 12.1 Orthography and Orthoepy 12.2 Normative Grammars 12.3 Normative Dictionaries 12.4 Dictionaries of Language Difficulties 13. Portuguese 13.1 Orthography and Orthoepy 13.2 Normative Grammars 13.3 Normative Dictionaries 13.4 Dictionaries of Language Difficulties 14. “Minor” Romance Languages 14.1 “Minor” Italo-Romance Languages 14.2 “Minor” Gallo-Romance Languages 14.3 “Minor” Ibero-Romance Languages 14.4 Romance-based Creoles Index of subjects