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diglossia: a standalone construct

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diglossia1 CONSTRUCTDiglossiaFERGUSON · 1959

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Sociolinguistics

A High and a Low variety split by function

In sociolinguistics, diglossia is a stable language situation in which two varieties of the same language (a prestigious "High" variety used for writing and formal, public functions and an everyday "Low" variety used for ordinary conversation) coexist in a community, each with its own settings, with no one using the High variety for casual talk. Ferguson's Diglossia defined the pattern from cases such as Arabic, Swiss German, and Greek, specifying the functional division, prestige, and manner of acquisition that distinguish it from ordinary style-shifting. The referent is a community-level division of labor between two language varieties, identified by which variety is used for which function.[1]

Unit
The functional split between a High and a Low variety in a community
Recovery means
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Measured by
Described by which variety is used for which function, their relative prestige, and how each is acquired

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References

  1. Ferguson, C. A. (1959). Diglossia. Word, 15(2), 325–340. https://doi.org/10.1080/00437956.1959.11659702

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