Diglossia refers to a stable language situation where two varieties of the same language are used by a language community. The high variety (H) has prestige and is used for formal, written communication while the low variety (L) lacks prestige and is used for informal, spoken communication. Some key aspects of diglossia include the high variety having prestige, a literary heritage, acquisition through formal education, standardization, a simpler grammar in the low variety, differing lexicons between the varieties, and the high variety having a divergent sound system from the low variety.

1. Diglossia

2. What
is
diglossia
?

3. DEFINITION OF Diglossia
Diglossia is the use of local language is also called the use of the first
language, while the use of Indonesian is also known as a second language
use. (Aslinda, et al., 2007:26).
Diglossia is relatively stable language
situation in which, in addition to the
primary dialects of the language , there is
a very divergent, highly codified,
superposed variety, …. , which is learned
largely by formal education and is used
for most written and formal spoken
purpose.

4. DEFINITION OF Diglossia
Charles A. Ferguson (1959) Diglossia is relatively stable
language . Language situation , in which in the addition of
primary dialect . Of the language there is a divergent highly
codified superposed variety which is learn largely by formal
education and is used for most written and formal spoken
purpose .

5. Definition of Diglossia
Diglossia is a kind of situation where two
variation of language Happens in same time
Its not a dialect. If a language is dialect that
language will not be called diglossia .
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6. Variation of Diglossia
High
variety
Diglossia
Low
variety
Formal Informal
Official Professional
Friendly , Slang , Vulgar
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7. Diglossia
Prestige
Lexicon
Acquisition
Grammar
Literary
heritage
StandardizationStability
Phonology
Function

8. Function of Diglossia
Standard (High) Non-Standard (Low)
Sermon Instruction of servants
Speech of Parliament Conversation with friends
University Lecture Conversation in tea-stall
Newspapers Editorial Conversation With Children
Serious work in literature
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9. In many countries, the globalization
of English has introduced a third
significant language, so that triglossia
and polyglossia is starting to emerge
so that changes in one are refelected
changes.

10. Formal & Informal English

Formal English is used in “serious” texts and
situations — for example, in official
documents, books, news reports, articles,
business letters or official speeches.

Informal English is used in everyday
conversations and in personal letters.
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11. 1.Prestige
Prestige Speakers consider High as the more
powerful to Low in a number of respects.
E.g. High variety is more beautiful, logical
and expressive than the Low variety.
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12. 2. Literary Heritage
There is a sizable body of written literature
in H which is held in high esteem by the
speech community.

13. 3.Acquisition
Low is usually used by adults
while speaking to children and
children use it among each other.
The High variety is ‘taught’,
whereas the L variety is ‘learned’.
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4.Standardization
There are usually no comparable grammars,
dictionaries and standardized texts for the Low
variety, and any view of that variety is likely to be
highly pejorative in nature.
There is an established norm for pronunciation,
grammar, and vocabulary which allows variation
only within certain limits.
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15. 5.Grammar
The grammar of the Low variety is generally
simpler. For instance, fewer distinctions in the L
variety are marked by the use of grammatical
suffixed. There are also major differences in the
vocabulary of the two varieties.
E.g. Standard German has four cases in the
noun; Swiss German has only three cases in the
noun.
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16. 6. Lexicon
H includes in its total lexicon technical terms and
learned expressions which have no regular L
equivalents, since the subjects involved are rarely if
ever discussed in pure L.
L includes in its total lexicon popular expressions and
the names of very homely objects or objects of very
localized distribution which have no regular H
equivalents, since the subjects involved are rarely if
ever discussed in pure H.

17. 7.Phonology
The sound systems of High and Low
constitute a single phonological structure of
which the Low variety phonology is the basic
system and the divergent features of the
High phonology are either a subsystem or a
Para system.
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