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    Diglossia refers to a linguistic situation where two distinct varieties of the same language are used in a community. The high (H) variety is used in formal situations and contexts like education, government, and religion, while the low (L) variety is used in everyday conversations. The H and L varieties typically have overlapping vocabularies but different morphologies, with H including more formal and technical terms. A community can exhibit diglossia without bilingualism, bilingualism without diglossia, both, or neither. Over time, the roles of the H and L varieties in a diglossic community may change as one variety displaces the other.

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    a very short understanding to Diglossia. this is a term introduce in socilinguistics field.

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    Diglossia refers to a linguistic situation where two distinct varieties of the same language are used in a community. The high (H) variety is used in formal situations and contexts like education, government, and religion, while the low (L) variety is used in everyday conversations. The H and L varieties typically have overlapping vocabularies but different morphologies, with H including more formal and technical terms. A community can exhibit diglossia without bilingualism, bilingualism without diglossia, both, or neither. Over time, the roles of the H and L varieties in a diglossic community may change as one variety displaces the other.

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    Diglossia A Linguistic Division of Labour

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    Diglossia refers to a linguistic situation where two distinct varieties of the same language are used in a community. The high (H) variety is used in formal situations and contexts like education, government, and religion, while the low (L) variety is used in everyday conversations. The H and L varieties typically have overlapping vocabularies but different morphologies, with H including more formal and technical terms. A community can exhibit diglossia without bilingualism, bilingualism without diglossia, both, or neither. Over time, the roles of the H and L varieties in a diglossic community may change as one variety displaces the other.

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    Diglossia

    A linguistic division of labour


    Diglossia:
    Formal Situations A (Standard
    Language)
    Diglossia Features:
    1. 2 distinct varieties of same language used in community. With A as
    H (High) variety, A1 as L (Low) variety.
    2. H and L complement each other
    3. H variety unused in daily conversations.
    H vs L
    1. Mostly H and L have same vocabulary
    2. H morphologically more complicated
    3. H includes more formal and technical Vocabs; Philology, Linguistic
    4. L use everydays vocab
    Diglossia with/without Bilingualism
    DIGLOSSIA
    _

    +Bilingualism

    +
    Both

    Bilingualism w/o diglossia

    Diglossia w/o bilingualism

    neither

    Polyglossia
    Used in situation where community regularly uses > 3 languages
    _

    Changes in diglossia
    One variety may displace the other
    Ex.: In 1606, England used French as H and English as L, now it exchange.

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