Brief considerations on language standardization and intra-language change

Abstract

Despite the emphasis on change, both synchronic and diachronic, that Sociolinguistics has, language standardization is a process that starkly reveals the social and cultural dynamics and struggles of language use, such as nationalism, exclusion, political and cultural dominance, among others. Under this perspective, this paper explores the definition of language standardization, along with the conceptualization and characterization of two contemporary models: the rationalist and the romantic, with pertinent exemplification. Complementarily, definitions and examples of intra-language change will be explored, placing special emphasis on the discrimination between language usage and use.