diglossia

DIGLOSSIA

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Diglossia

DIGLOSSIA

Primary Dialect

A very divergent

dialect (non Primary)

L dialect H dialect

FERGUSON’S NINE RUBRIC

OF DIGLOSSIA

Diglossia

FUNCTION

Ex:Sermon in mosquesSpeech in parliamentUniversity lectureNews broadcasts

Conversation with family and friends

Radio soap opera Folk literature Instruction to

workers

PRESTIGE

The superiorElegant Logical

The inferiorNon elegant

LITERATY HERITAGE

Ex:ConstitutionLawPoetryScriptureAcademic books

ACQUISITION

LEARNEDTHROUGH FORMAL

EDUCATION

ACQUIRED THOUGH

EVERYDAY COMMUNICATION

STANDARDIZATION

RULES FOR VOCABULARY, PRONUNCIATION, AND GRAMMAR ARE ESTABLISHED.

THOSE RULES ARE CODIFIED IN DICTIONARIES, PRONUNCIATION GUIDES, AND GRAMMAR BOOKS.

NO FIXED RULES

NO CODIFICATION

STABILITY

Ex:In delivering a lecture, a university lecturer mixes dialects he/she uses.

GRAMMAR

- I need a pencil

- I have many cars

- She is beautiful

- I do not understand

- I went there yesterday

- Where do you go?

- I need pencil

- I have many car

- She beautiful

- I don’t understand/ I not

understand

I not understand

- I go there yesterday

- You go where?

LEXICON

IMPARED VOCABULARIES- Alphabet = Abc- Concerned with = About- Advertisement = Ad- Desserts = Afters- Police = Cop- Postman = Postie- Telegram = Wire- Issue = Problem- Man = Guy- Criminal = Crook- Address = Handle

PHONOLOGY

- Going to = gonna = / n /ɡʌ ə

- Want to = wanna = /w n /ɔ ə

- Have to = hafta = /hæft /ə

- Used to = useta = /just /ə

- Got to = gotta = / d /ɡɑ ə

- Do you = dya = /dj /ə

- Would you = wouldja = /w /ʊʤə

- What do you do =

Whadaya=/w d j /ʌ ə ə

- Kind of = kinda =

/k nd /ɑɪ ə

Sources

• Hudson, R. A. 2008. Sociolinguistics. Cambridge University Press. London

• Fasold, Ralph. 1984. The Sociolinguistics of Society. Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell

• http://grammar.about.com/odd/c/g/Codification.htm