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“Arabic is a typical case of diglossia (Ferguson, 1959), which is a sociolinguistic context in which speakers within a single speech community simultaneously use two varieties of a language: one for everyday communication and another for formal interactions and writing.”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Ferguson, C. A.
- Affiliations
- Harvard University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Ferguson, Charles A.
- Venue
- WORD
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 1959-01
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 325-340
- ISSN
- 0043-7956 (ISSN-L)
- 2373-5112
- OpenAlex
- W4240298715
- Cited by
- 3,206
- References
- 0
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- FWCI
- 14.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- WORD (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Language, Linguistics, Cultural Analysis
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Lexicography and Language Studies
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Language and Linguistics › Linguistics and Language Studies
- Keywords
- diglossia, language contact, language varieties, bilingualism
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