Diglossia by Hamka

1. DIGLOSSIA
Hamka P0600214010

2. Diglossia

3. DIGLOSSIA
Primary Dialect
A very
divergent
dialect
(non Primary)
L dialect H dialect

4. FERGUSON’S NINE RUBRIC
OF DIGLOSSIA

5. Diglossia

6. FUNCTION
Ex:
Sermon in mosques
Speech in parliament
University lecture
News broadcasts
 Conversation with
family and friends
 Radio soap opera
 Folk literature
 Instruction to
workers

7. PRESTIGE
The superior
Elegant
Logical
The inferior
Non elegant

8. LITERATY
HERITAGE
Ex:
Constitution
Law
Poetry
Scripture
Academic
books

9. ACQUISITION
LEARNED
THROUGH
FORMAL
EDUCATION
ACQUIRED
THOUGH
EVERYDAY
COMMUNICATION

10. STANDARDIZATION
 RULES FOR
VOCABULARY,
PRONUNCIATION, AND
GRAMMAR ARE
ESTABLISHED.
 THOSE RULES ARE
CODIFIED IN
DICTIONARIES,
PRONUNCIATION
GUIDES, AND
GRAMMAR BOOKS.
 NO FIXED
RULES
 NO
CODIFICATION

11. STABILITY
Ex:
In delivering a
lecture, a
university
lecturer mixes
dialects he/she
uses.

12. GRAMMAR
- I need a pencil
- I have many cars
- She is beautiful
- I do not understand
- I went there yesterday
- Where do you go?
- I need pencil
- I have many car
- She beautiful
- I don’t understand/ I not
understand
I not understand
- I go there yesterday
- You go where?

13. LEXICON
IMPARED VOCABULARIES
- Alphabet = Abc
- Concerned with = About
- Advertisement = Ad
- Desserts = Afters
- Police = Cop
- Postman = Postie
- Telegram = Wire
- Issue = Problem
- Man = Guy
- Criminal = Crook
- Address = Handle

14. PHONOLOGY
- Going to = gonna = / n /ɡʌ ə
- Want to = wanna = /w n /ɔ ə
- Have to = hafta = /hæft /ə
- Used to = useta = /just /ə
- Got to = gotta = / d /ɡɑ ə
- Do you = dya = /dj /ə
- Would you = wouldja = /w /ʊʤə
- What do you do =
Whadaya=/w d j /ʌ ə ə
- Kind of = kinda =
/k nd /ɑɪ ə

15. Sources
• Hudson, R. A. 2008. Sociolinguistics. Cambridge
University Press. London
• Fasold, Ralph. 1984. The Sociolinguistics of Society.
Oxford and New York: Basil Blackwell
• http://grammar.about.com/odd/c/g/Codification.ht
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