exonormative

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• exonormative — adjective Tending to look outward and rely on foreign forms and customs. Ant: endonormative …   Wiktionary

• exonormative — /ˈɛksoʊnɔmətɪv/ (say eksohnawmuhtiv) adjective Linguistics modelling the standard form of a language on a foreign variety (opposed to endonormative) …  

• World Englishes — This article is about the classification of Englishes around the world. For Global English or World English, see International English. International Association for World Englishes World Englishes refers to the emergence of localised or… …   Wikipedia

• endonormative — adjective Tending to look inward and rely on local forms and customs. Ant: exonormative …   Wiktionary

• exonormatively — adverb In an exonormative way …   Wiktionary

• endonormative — /ˈɛndoʊnɔmətɪv/ (say endohnawmuhtiv) adjective Linguistics shaping the standard form of a language from the usage decisions made by the community that speaks that language (opposed to exonormative) …