Definition of diglossia in English:

diglossia

noun dʌɪˈɡlɒsɪə

mass nounLinguistics

A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. The term is usually applied to languages with distinct ‘high’ and ‘low’ (colloquial) varieties, such as Arabic.
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Example sentencesExamples
- In cases such as these of bilingualism without diglossia, the two languages compete for use in the same domains.
- That's why it's a classic example of diglossia, a language which has two different versions, the formal one and the one you actually speak.
- In addition, the book is to be congratulated for directing our attention to variation that does not involve diglossia and Classical Arabic in Arabic speech communities.
- In Egypt, as elsewhere in the Arab world, the Arabic language is characterized by diglossia.
- From a state of triglossia the linguistic and literary evolution the Italian peninsula would evolve more clearly as a case of fragmented diglossia, with numerous epicentres of dialect in tension with written and literary Italian.

Derivatives

diglossic

adjective

Linguistics

Schwyzertüütsch is the common spoken German in Switzerland, a dialect more than most others in diglossic contrast with the written and printed language.
Example sentencesExamples
- Thus, the fact that a language is diglossic is actually a feature of the linguistic culture of the area where that language is used, rather than of the language per se.
- Creole and French coexist in a diglossic relationship.
- I showed in Chapter 2 that where bilingualism exists at the societal or individual level, the two languages are functionally differentiated and coexist in a diglossic relationship.
- A non-mainstream language will survive only in ‘a diglossic relation’ with the mainstream language.

Origin

1950s: from Greek diglōssos 'bilingual', on the pattern of French diglossie.

Definition of diglossia in US English:

diglossia

noun

Linguistics

A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. The term is usually applied to languages with distinct “high” and “low” (colloquial) varieties, such as Arabic.
〔语言学〕双言制
Example sentencesExamples
- From a state of triglossia the linguistic and literary evolution the Italian peninsula would evolve more clearly as a case of fragmented diglossia, with numerous epicentres of dialect in tension with written and literary Italian.
- In Egypt, as elsewhere in the Arab world, the Arabic language is characterized by diglossia.
- In cases such as these of bilingualism without diglossia, the two languages compete for use in the same domains.
- That's why it's a classic example of diglossia, a language which has two different versions, the formal one and the one you actually speak.
- In addition, the book is to be congratulated for directing our attention to variation that does not involve diglossia and Classical Arabic in Arabic speech communities.

Origin

1950s: from Greek diglōssos ‘bilingual’, on the pattern of French diglossie.

词汇	diglossia
释义	Definition of diglossia in English: diglossia noun dʌɪˈɡlɒsɪə mass nounLinguistics A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. The term is usually applied to languages with distinct ‘high’ and ‘low’ (colloquial) varieties, such as Arabic. 〔语言学〕双言制 Example sentencesExamples In cases such as these of bilingualism without diglossia, the two languages compete for use in the same domains. That's why it's a classic example of diglossia, a language which has two different versions, the formal one and the one you actually speak. In addition, the book is to be congratulated for directing our attention to variation that does not involve diglossia and Classical Arabic in Arabic speech communities. In Egypt, as elsewhere in the Arab world, the Arabic language is characterized by diglossia. From a state of triglossia the linguistic and literary evolution the Italian peninsula would evolve more clearly as a case of fragmented diglossia, with numerous epicentres of dialect in tension with written and literary Italian. Derivatives diglossic adjective Linguistics Schwyzertüütsch is the common spoken German in Switzerland, a dialect more than most others in diglossic contrast with the written and printed language. Example sentencesExamples Thus, the fact that a language is diglossic is actually a feature of the linguistic culture of the area where that language is used, rather than of the language per se. Creole and French coexist in a diglossic relationship. I showed in Chapter 2 that where bilingualism exists at the societal or individual level, the two languages are functionally differentiated and coexist in a diglossic relationship. A non-mainstream language will survive only in ‘a diglossic relation’ with the mainstream language. Origin 1950s: from Greek diglōssos 'bilingual', on the pattern of French diglossie. Definition of diglossia in US English: diglossia noun Linguistics A situation in which two languages (or two varieties of the same language) are used under different conditions within a community, often by the same speakers. The term is usually applied to languages with distinct “high” and “low” (colloquial) varieties, such as Arabic. 〔语言学〕双言制 Example sentencesExamples From a state of triglossia the linguistic and literary evolution the Italian peninsula would evolve more clearly as a case of fragmented diglossia, with numerous epicentres of dialect in tension with written and literary Italian. In Egypt, as elsewhere in the Arab world, the Arabic language is characterized by diglossia. In cases such as these of bilingualism without diglossia, the two languages compete for use in the same domains. That's why it's a classic example of diglossia, a language which has two different versions, the formal one and the one you actually speak. In addition, the book is to be congratulated for directing our attention to variation that does not involve diglossia and Classical Arabic in Arabic speech communities. Origin 1950s: from Greek diglōssos ‘bilingual’, on the pattern of French diglossie.
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