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DIGLOSSIA Sociolinguistics encompasses a broad range of concerns including the use of two or more language varieties in distinct social domains within the same speech community. In other words‚ the use of two distinct varieties of the same language for different functions. There are many societies where the official language that is used at schools or media is significantly different from that used at home or in ordinary conversations and often called a “dialect” or “vernacular”. Such a
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India and many other countries to speak more than one language. Such a multi lingual situation where two languages or language varieties coexist in a society and each has a clear range of functions is known as diglossia. The pioneering scholar of diglossia‚ Charles A. Ferguson‚ summarised diglossia as: a relatively stable language situation in which‚ in addition to the primary dialects of the language (which may include a standard or regional standards)‚ there is a very divergent‚ highly codified (often
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The term ˜diglossia’ was introduced for the first time into the English language by Charles Ferguson (1959). Ferguson’s definition of diglossia is as follows: Diglossia is a relatively stable language situation in which‚ in addition to the primary dialects of the language‚ there is a divergent‚ highly codified superposed variety‚ the vehicle of a large and respected body of written literature‚ either of an early period or in another speech community‚ which is learned largely by formal education and
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Hindi as a Diglossic Language Standard (Suddha) Hindi vs Hindustani:- Hindustani‚ commonly known as Hindi-Urdu and historically as Hindavi‚ Urdu‚ and‚ is the lingua franca of north india and Pakistan. It is an indo Aryan language and it is deriving primarily from the khariboli of Delhi‚ and borrows a large amount of vocabulary from Persian‚ Arabic‚ Sanskrit and Turkic. The colloquial languages are all but indistinguishable‚ and even though the official standards are nearly identical in grammar
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Communicative functions and reasons for code switching : A Malaysian perspective. PARAMASIVAM MUTHUSAMY PhD Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang‚ MALAYSIA. param@fbmk.upm.edu.my Abstract: Though codeswitching research may vary from context to context and situation to situation‚ the common factors for code switching will be threefold. That is‚ code switching deals with languages in contact. In interactive social situations code switching will be the use of more
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What is Sociolinguistics? Is the field which studies the relationship between language and society‚ including cultural norms‚ expectations and context on the way language is used. What is Language? Language is a means of communication‚ it is used to communicate meaning‚ as it is also used to maintain and establish social relationships. What do Sociolinguistics study? Sociolinguistics study the following: 1- They study the relationship between language and society. 2- They are interested
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The Origins of Vernacular Language and Its Spread Keturah Lindsey American Intercontinental University ABSTRACT The term vernacular can be defined as using a language that is native to a country or province‚ rather than a cultured‚ foreign‚ or literary language. The vernacular languages would also be considered as the large family of contemporary “Romance” languages (Matthews‚ 2007). These vernacular languages would one day be known to use as Spanish‚ French‚ Italian
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Language can mean many different things; it can be seen and heard‚ and it can be diverse and standard It is a cognitive phenomenon that follows a set of rules and tells our brains how to speak grammatically (Clark‚ as cited in Gee & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 6). Language is a set social conventions that is shared amongst a group of people (Duranti‚ as cited in Gee & Hayes‚ 2011 p.6)‚ and can also be material in the form of speech‚ audio recordings and writings (Gee & Hayes‚ 2011‚ p. 6). However‚ it is more
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Dr. Ebtehal Al-khateb Dramatics 206 27/9/2012 Triggers Are Pulled People are shouting‚ dead bodies are on the ground‚ blood is everywhere. This is only one side of war‚ the side we all see on television. But the question is‚ is that all? What about sides we have never seen. The Necessary Targets show us the side that is ignored by many people. War can flip people’s life 180 degrees in a matter of moments. War can turn a blue sky to black‚ a green tee to gray and earth to a place where
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