Why does a language undergoing rapid standardization exhibit reduced phonetic variation in its formal registers, even among speakers who retain regional dialects?

💡 Explanation

Normative pressure from language ideology drives convergence on a standardized pronunciation in formal settings, because speakers actively suppress regional variations to align with the perceived prestige norm. Therefore, standardized registers become phonetically uniform, rather than reflecting underlying dialectal diversity, due to sociolinguistic forces.

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