In linguistics, diglossia (/daɪˈɡlɒsiə/ dy-GLOSS-ee-ə, US also /daɪˈɡlɔːsiə/ dy-GLAW-see-ə) is a situation in which two dialects or languages are used...
32 KB (3,956 words) - 19:56, 10 May 2024
Languages of the Philippines (redirect from Diglossia in the Philippines)
more of bilingualism than diglossia due to the publication of materials written in these languages.[citation needed] The diglossia is more evident in the...
95 KB (7,176 words) - 17:33, 12 May 2024
Greek language (section Diglossia)
dialects of it. In the modern era, the Greek language entered a state of diglossia: the coexistence of vernacular and archaizing written forms of the language...
68 KB (6,930 words) - 22:58, 17 May 2024
Sinhala language (section Diglossia)
spoken, and is a conspicuous example of the linguistic phenomenon known as diglossia. Sinhala (Siṃhala) is a Sanskrit term; the corresponding Middle Indo-Aryan...
42 KB (4,157 words) - 16:52, 28 April 2024
in towns and cities. The linguistic situation in Galicia became one of diglossia, with Galician as the low variety and Spanish as the high one. In reaction...
83 KB (7,654 words) - 16:17, 17 May 2024
Vernacular (section As a low variant in diglossia)
Realizing the inappropriateness of the term diglossia (only two) to his concept, he proposes the term broad diglossia. Within sociolinguistics, the term "vernacular"...
47 KB (5,895 words) - 21:25, 15 May 2024
of Koine Greek. There had always existed a tendency towards a state of diglossia between the Attic literary language and the constantly developing spoken...
11 KB (955 words) - 23:24, 29 February 2024
media help. The socio-linguistic situation of Tamil is characterised by diglossia: there are two separate registers varying by socioeconomic status, a high...
90 KB (8,421 words) - 09:33, 7 May 2024