The concept of standard according to the paratexts of the centers for the codification of Catalan and Spanish

Abstract

The comparative perspective of standardology has been considered inherent in its develop­ment. In this context the project ESTANDAREV (PID2021-124673NA-IOO) makes a research on the standardization of Basque, Catalan, Galician and Spanish. This article applies the group’ target comparing the concept of standard of the official academies for Catalan and Spanish. The first thing to note is that there is an opposition in the explicitness in the definition and use of this term. In this work, we have analyzed the conceptual deployments and uses in both languages. With regard to the comparison criteria, we have confirmed the hypothesis that the most important criterion is the theoretical and methodological frameworks in which they can be inscribed. We have identified more parallels than divergences between all four codification centers and the distinction between initial and subsequent centers ends up not being relevant, as they all currently work and have many interrelationships between them.