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Pluricentric languages : differing norms in different
nations
Edited by Michael Clyne
Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1992
ISBN: 3110128551
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Book description
The term pluricentric was employed to describe languages
with several interacting centres, each providing a national variety with at
least some of its own norms. Pluricentric languages are both
unifiers and dividers of peoples. They unify people through the use of
the language and separate them through the development of national norms and
indices and linguistic variables with which the speakers identify.
In the theoretical sense, the pluricentric model has been employed much
longer in Eastern Europe than in the West.
This volume is the first attempt at gathering comparative data on the
situation of a representative selection of pluricentric languages throughout
the world. It sees the relationship between national varieties as a
dynamic and interactive one. National varieties, those of nations or
national groups, are differentiated from dialects - local and regional
varieties - at the status level though not always in their linguistic
indices.
To promote critical discussion, the majority of authors were recruited from
outside the official language community of their chapter or from a
'non-dominant' nation of the language community. They are all scholars
who have been investigating pluricentricity for some time.
About the author
Michael Clyne is Professor in the School of Languages,
Cultures and Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.
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