Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The use of two markedly different varieties of a language in different social situations, such as a formal variety at work and an informal variety at home.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A condition of having a double tongue.
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- noun linguistics the
coexistence of two closelyrelated native languages ordialects among a certainpopulation , one of which is regarded to be moreprestigious than the other; also, that of twounrelated languages - noun pathology the
presence of acleft ordoubled tongue
Etymologies
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Examples
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The sociolinguistic situation of Arabic in modern times provides a prime example of the linguistic phenomenon of diglossia, which is the normal use of two separate varieties of the same language, usually in different social situations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Arabic Language Expertise in the Military 2010
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The sociolinguistic situation of Arabic in modern times provides a prime example of the linguistic phenomenon of diglossia, which is the normal use of two separate varieties of the same language, usually in different social situations.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Arabic Language Expertise in the Military 2010
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Not to mention some really fascinating works dealing with language and power, pidgins, diglossia, and creoles – the latter being an interesting case, because the term itself refers to a pidgin that becomes a language in its own right, but technically means “blackened”, and was originally something of a slur itself!
When keeping it partisan goes wrong (IV) - Beyond The Commons - Macleans.ca 2009
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This paper suggests that diglossia in caste-like Anglo-Saxon societies consisted of OE.sub.
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The part at the end about diglossia and code switching is relevant for me.
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Thus the assumption of a substantial diglossia in Anglo-Saxon England helps to explain why, after the removal of the Anglo-Saxon elite, Middle English dialect writing appears to feature such "sudden" innovations emanating or radiating from the two focal centres in the North and in the South West.
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The part at the end about diglossia and code switching is relevant for me.
Archive 2005-11-01 2005
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As for the classical/colloquial split in Arabic, the last I knew people were starting to think that the diglossia has always been there, that is that both a high and low form were exported from the Arabian peninsula.
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But considering the diglossia of modern Arabic (and the various sources of modern Iraqi Arabic), I don't find it difficult at all to believe that native speakers might have erroneous(sp?) or conflicting ideas about what things mean.
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Bakhtin argued that diglossia - the presence of more than one voice in a text - is partly what makes the text interesting.
I'd Rather Be Writing - Tom Johnson Tom Johnson 2010
qms commented on the word diglossia
For Ernest's full regional dossier
He heeds both the rough and the flossier
For those linguistic hints
Marking pauper and prince
That outline the local diglossia.
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July 8, 2014
qms commented on the word diglossia
See also ecotone.
April 3, 2015