The standard Lithuanian of secular and catholic periodicals: the choice of the dialect and the need for codification (the end of the nineteenth century to the beginning of the twentiech century)

At the end of the nineteenth century the secular intellectuals and Catholic clergy were separately developing the bases of their written language models. In this article I analyze the development of the language of newspapers of these two groups: (1) the secular periodical Varpas (1889–1905); (2) the Catholic žemaičių ir Lietuvos Apžvalga (1889–1896) and Tėvynės Sargas (1896–1904). I aim to identify the time when one of the models was recognized as more prestigious. Most attention is paid to the selection of the dialect and the rise of the need for codificationVytauto Didžiojo universiteta