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literary language

literary language noun: a register of a language that is used in literary writing.

Noun

literary language (uncountable)

  1. A register of a language that is used in literary writing.
  2. A language variety used as an institutional norm in a community, opposed to vernacular dialects; a standard language.
    • Literary languages have been enriched by dialects and have at the same time assisted the levelling out of dialectical differences which in its turn has contributed to ….1977, Magomet Izmaylovich Isayev, National languages in the USSR: problems and solutions, Прогресс, p. 316
    • I would note that almost 12% of the population of the SRCroatia are Serbs and that they are obliged to use the "Croatian literary language" for official purposes even though this is not their native language.1990, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on International Operations, Views on the Serbo-Croatian Language Service at the Voice of America

literary language meaning in Tagalog

literary language in Tagalog

register of a language used in literary writing
wikang pampanitikan

Questions about literary language

What does literary language mean?
Literary language means a register of a language that is used in literary writing.
What is literary language in Tagalog?
Literary language in Tagalog is wikang pampanitikan. See Literary language meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is literary language?
Literary language is a noun.

Words near literary language in the dictionary

  1. literary executors
  2. literary fiction
  3. literary inquisition
  4. literary inquisitions
  5. literary journalism
  6. literary language
  7. literary present
  8. literary science
  9. literary technique
  10. literary techniques
  11. literary theory

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