The Story of Human Language Season 1 Episode 17 Dialects: The Standard as Token of the Past

  • March 20, 2025
  • 30 min

When a dialect of a language is used widely in writing and literacy is high, the normal pace of change is artificially slowed, as people come to see "the language" as on the page and inviolable. This helps create diglossia.

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  • First Aired
    March 20, 2025
  • Runtime
    30 min
  • Language
    English
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