Diglossia as a Sociolinguistic Situation

Harold F. Schiffman
South Asian Regional Studies
University of Pennsylvania

• Introduction
  • Power and Prestige.
  • Ferguson's original formulation.
  • Extended diglossia (Fishman 1967)
  • Diglossia and Language Shift.
  • Classical and Extended Diglossia.
  • Diglossia as a Continuum.
  • Diglossia and the Linguistic Culture that maintains it.
    • Diglossia and Literacy.
    • Shifting domains and Diglossia.
    • Diglossia and Linguistic Areas.
    • Partial vs. Total Diglossia
    • Homogeneous and heterogeneous diglossia.
  • Diglossia and Power and Solidarity.
• References