printability and standardization

[Blanchet Philippe]

Hello everybody

I do agree with J. Fishman's remarks about standardization.
The 'polynomic' way of promoting both Corsican and Provençal in France,
or the Walser's germanic varieties in Italy, have shown that a language
can be written and printed (and even taught) with no standard and a
total respect for all its varieties, provided the spelling system allows
to write down various specific characteristics (which is the case).

Ph. B.



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Philippe Blanchet
Professeur de sociolinguistique et didactique des langues
Centre de Recherche sur la Diversité
Linguistique de la Francophonie [EA 3207]
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