Wspólnota norm czy rozchwiany indywidualizm? Trudny dylemat współczesnego kształcenia językowego
Community of norms or unstable individualism? A difficult dilemma of contemporary language education

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to show the tension between collectively accepted tradition and individualism of choices. This issue has been presented as an example of issues related to the language standard. On the one hand, the linguistic norm codifies and perpetuates linguistic phenomena, thus contributing to the maintenance of traditional social ties. On the other hand, it is the object of contestation of language users, and, under their influence, it gradually changes. Everyone can decide what language to use. The importance of traditional authorities has decreased under the influence of the media. It seems, however, that institutionalized education still plays and may still play a key role in gathering the dispersed linguistic awareness and build around it a community open to various forms and ways of communication.

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