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Unit 4: Language variation and identity
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What is standard language ideology?Show answer
Standard language ideology is the widespread belief that the standard variety is the only legitimate or correct form and that other varieties are inferior. It is an ideology because it presents a social and historical preference as a natural fact. This ideology props up the overt prestige of Standard English and underwrites prescriptivist complaints.
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