diglossia
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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