nonstandard
See also: non-standard
English
Alternative forms
Adjective
nonstandard (comparative more nonstandard, superlative most nonstandard)
- Not standard.
- (linguistics) Not conforming to the standard variety.
- 1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 9, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 486:
- The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
(91) England put themselves in a position [whereby that they took a lot of credit for tonightʼs game] (Ron Greenwood, BBC radio 4)
- The resulting sequence of covert wh-pronoun + Complementiser has an overt counterpart in nonstandard varieties of English, as the following example (recorded from a BBC radio programme) illustrates:
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Derived terms
Derived terms
- nonstandard dialect
- nonstandard item
- nonstandard method
- nonstandard unit
- nonstandard variety
Synonyms
- (linguistics): substandard
- unstandard
Antonyms
Translations
not standard
not conforming to the standard variety
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Noun
nonstandard (plural nonstandards)
- Something that is not standard.
- 2008, Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (page 438)
- Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.
- 2008, Robert Cowart, Brian Knittel, Special Edition Using Microsoft Windows Vista (page 438)
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