What is language standardization?

Language norms refer to the standards and models in pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, writing, etc. that all speakers of a certain language should abide by.

Language standardization refers to finding or even determining the norms that everyone should follow when there are differences or confusion in the pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, etc. of a certain language according to the laws of language development, and pointing out those that do not conform. Standard stuff.

Through language research works such as grammar books, dictionaries, linguistics works, etc., it is clearly stipulated, and through various publicity and education methods, we promote those phenomena that conform to the norms, and limit and gradually eliminate those that do not conform to the norms. This phenomenon enables people to communicate effectively in a unified manner by abiding by language norms, and enables language to develop forward on a unified and correct path.

Extended information:

Language standardization measures:

1. Writing aspect

The Chinese Writing Reform Research Institute was established on February 5, 1952 The committee was reorganized into the Chinese Character Reform Committee on December 23, 1954. In December 1955, the Ministry of Culture and the Chinese Character Reform Commission published the "First Batch Variant Character Collection List", eliminating 1,055 redundant variant characters.

2. Vocabulary

In 1958, the Chinese Character Reform Press published "Chinese Pinyin Vocabulary" compiled by the Vocabulary Group of the Chinese Character Reform Committee, which included modern Chinese vocabulary with words and phrases as spelling units. , collected more than 20,100 words, including monosyllabic words, bisyllabic words, trisyllabic words, words with more than three syllables, phrases and idioms.

3. Grammar

From June to December 1951, "People's Daily" serialized Lu Shuxiang and Zhu Dexi's "Grammar and Rhetoric Speech" to promote the popularization and standardization of grammatical knowledge.

It was drafted by the People's Education Press in 1954. After continuous trial teaching, discussion, and revision, the "Provisional Chinese Teaching Grammar System" was finally revised and formulated in 1956.

This is China’s first unified grammar teaching system. It adapts to the objective needs of the development of cultural and educational undertakings in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It provides a universally followed grammar system for middle school grammar teaching and is instrumental in popularizing Chinese. Grammar knowledge and improving the quality of grammar teaching and Chinese teaching have played a great role.

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