standardized language

collocation in English

meaningsofstandardizeandlanguage

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standardize
verb[T]
uk
/ˈstæn.də.daɪz/
us
/ˈstæn.dɚ.daɪz/
to make things of the same type all have the same ...
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language
noun
uk
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
us
/ˈlæŋ.ɡwɪdʒ/
a system of communication consisting of sounds, words, ...
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(Definition ofstandardizeandlanguagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstandardized language

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Performance on the experimental tense tasks varied depending on subgroup status, which was defined on the basis of performance onstandardizedlanguagemeasures.
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Moreover, nonword repetition and thestandardizedlanguagetests together accounted for significant variation in the children's comprehension scores.
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In contrast, thestandardizedlanguagemeasures may have been more challenging as tasks, while at the same time revealing more subtle deficits.
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This seems to justify our choice for astandardizedlanguageassessment.
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In the fall, the students were given thestandardizedlanguageand reading tests and the metalinguistic tasks individually over a period of a month.
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According to parental report on astandardizedlanguageassessment, the length of the children's utterances increased after training as well.
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We usedstandardizedlanguagetests, which assess language proficiency in general rather than the level of mastery of the contents offered by a specific teaching method.
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Discourse difficulties are often subtle and not easily identified usingstandardizedlanguagetests.
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It is a highlystandardizedlanguage, with the first attempts to establish literary and linguistic norms dating back to the 5th century.
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In some countries, there are official efforts to developstandardizedlanguageversions.
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Colloquial speech in many northern dialects has more extensive erhua than thestandardizedlanguage.
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Over the years standardized languages, methods, and formats, have developed to serve as interfaces between the often proprietary, and always idiosyncratic, specific languages and methods.
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Many language specifications define a core that must be made available in all implementations, and in the case of standardized languages this core library may be required.
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