Form of a language used in its literary writing, either a non-standard dialect or standardized variety of the language.
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Examples for "literary language "
1 The language of this "Roman" was the literary language of England.
2 Then our English, as a literary language , was born.
3 By substituting dynamic Life for Spinoza's Substance Nietzsche required all that ordinary and literary language offered.
4 With the Norman Conquest, French became the literary language of England, and modern romance was born.
5 He perfected the Tuscan, or Florentine dialect, which was gradually becoming the literary language of Italy.
1 But the lawyer has simply translated the countryman's sentiments into literary dialect .
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