exonormative
adjEtymology From exo- + normative.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Sciences (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.2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 112:
- Antonyms
- endonormative
- Derived terms
- exonormatively, exonormativity