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Presented by :
Jihan Alraies
Alaa El-khraz
What is diglossia?
Diglossia is 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 speaker.
THE HISTORY OF DIGLOSSIA
The word Diglossia was derived from French diglossie by
Charles Ferguson in 1959.
FEATURES OF DIGLOSSIA
Diglossia has been used both in a narrow and in a much broader
sense , it has three crucial features :
1. Two distinct varieties of the same language are used in the
community, with one regarded as a high (or H) variety and the
other a low (or L) variety.
2. Each variety is used for quite distinct functions; H and L
complement each other.
3. No one uses the H variety in everyday conversation.
VARIETIES OF DIGLOSSIA
Diglossia has two types of variety :