literary norm

  • 1norm — [no:m US no:rm] n [Date: 1800 1900; : Latin; Origin: norma tool for checking straight lines and angles ] 1.) the usual or normal situation, way of doing something etc be/become the norm ▪ Short term contracts are now the norm with some big… …

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  • 2norm — noun 1 (C) the usual or normal situation, way of doing something etc: Joyce s style of writing was a striking departure from the literary norm. | be the norm: Short term contracts are now the norm with some big companies. 2 norms (plural)… …

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  • 3literary theory —    Literary theory since the 1960s has sustained far more change than in the previous thirty years. After several decades of dominance by the New Critics and the close textual, practical readings recommended by the likes of F.R.Leavis, the 1960s… …

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  • 4Norm Foster (playwright) — For other people named Norman Foster, see Norman Foster (disambiguation). Norm Foster (born February 14, 1949, Newmarket, Ontario) is a Canadian playwright, considered to be Canada s most produced playwright. Foster discovered his talents as a… …

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  • 5Declaration on the Status and Name of the Croatian Literary Language — The Declaration was published in the March 17, 1967 issue of Telegram. Created March 1 …

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  • 6Celtic languages — Branch of the Indo European language family spoken across a broad area of western and central Europe by the Celts in pre Roman and Roman times, now confined to small coastal areas of northwestern Europe. Celtic can be divided into a continental… …

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  • 7Bulgarian language — Not to be confused with Bulgar language. Bulgarian Български език Bălgarski ezik Spoken in Bulgaria, Turkey, Serbia, Greece, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Albania, Kosovo, Repub …

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  • 8Language planning — This article is about the field of language planning and policy. See Constructed language for details on the creation of planned or artificial languages. Language planning is a deliberate effort to influence the function, structure, or… …

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  • 9Scots language — Not to be confused with Scottish English or Scottish Gaelic. Scots (Braid) Scots, Lallans Spoken in United Kingdom (Scotland and Northern Ireland), Republic of Ireland Region …

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  • 10Serbian language — Serbian српски srpski Pronunciation [sr̩̂pskiː] Spoken in See below under Official status in Central and in immigrant communities in Western Eur …

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