Diglossia and early spelling in Malay
Diglossia is a widespread sociolinguistic condition (Schiffman, 1998) where two distinct varieties of the same language (standard and non-standard) coexist in a speech community (Ferguson, 1959). Each of the variety has clear functional separation where the standard language is the superposed variet...
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2014
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12717/1/Amy%20%2824%20pages%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12717/4/Amy%28%20ft%29.pdf |
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| Summary: | Diglossia is a widespread sociolinguistic condition (Schiffman, 1998) where two distinct varieties of the same language (standard and non-standard) coexist in a speech community (Ferguson, 1959). Each of the variety has clear functional separation where the standard language is the superposed variety used in all formal occasions and writings while the non-standard language is the variety used for everyday conversations. |
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