nonstandardness
English
editEtymology
editFrom nonstandard + -ness.
Noun
editnonstandardness (uncountable)
- The state or condition of being nonstandard.
- 1998, Walt Wolfram, Natalie Schilling-Estes, American English: dialects and variation:
- North Americans, in commenting on different dialects of American English, are much more likely to make comments about nonstandardness […]