Language Standardization.

Language must always experience growth in a nation. Standardization of language course is considered very important in the process of language planning.

Standardization or standardization is a process that takes place in stages; was not completely finished. Standardization is also an attitude (attitude) towards a variety of language communities, and we know from social psychology that people's attitudes will always proceeds not for a moment.

In essence it undergoes standardization process stages: (1) Selection
(selection), (2) Codification (Codification), (3) translation function (elaboration of function), (4) Approval (acceptance) (Alwasilah, 1990).

1. election
One particular variation or dialect selected and further developed to be used as the standard language.

2. codification
it imposed a code or rules of language to be the norm in the community language. Usually designated agency makes a dictionary to be used as a reference codification.

3. Translation of Functions
What is codified is not going to socialize without any translation (elaboration) that has a standard range of functions it. The role of government is extraordinary in the translation function. Use of language in the parliament, the courts, etc. various other literature strongly support such a process.

4. approval
This is the final stage in the process of language standardization. In the end this diversity of languages ​​must be approved by the speech-community members as their national language. When it came to this stage, then the default language that has the power to unite the nation and a symbol of the country's independence and the distinguishing feature from other countries.

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