Associations to the word «Diglossia»
Noun
- Arabic
- Dialect
- Ferguson
- Language
- Situation
- Switching
- Grammar
- Speaker
- Variety
- Lifestyle
- Arab
- Speech
- Exhibit
- Norm
- Greek
- Usage
- Domain
- English
- Notion
- Phenomenon
- Low
- Greece
- Register
- Context
- Switzerland
- Code
- Shift
- Tongue
- Distribution
- Concept
- Theory
- Example
- Scholar
- Form
- Writing
- Class
- Use
- Pattern
- Official
- Function
- Society
- Majority
- Word
- Difference
- Case
- Education
- Communication
Adjective
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Wiktionary
DIGLOSSIA, noun. (linguistics) the coexistence of two closely related native languages or dialects among a certain population, one of which is regarded to be more prestigious than the other; also, that of two unrelated languages
DIGLOSSIA, noun. (pathology) the presence of a cleft or doubled tongue
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.