diglossia

n. 使用两种语言或方言

发音

UK /ˌdaɪˈɡlɒsi.ə/
其它
US /ˌdaɪˈɡlɑsi.ə/

别名

diglossy

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The coexistence in a given population of two closely related native languages or dialects, one of which is regarded as more prestigious than the other; the similar coexistence of two unrelated languages.

    双层语言

    文白分离

    双言

    不可数 语言学

    2000, Joshua A. Fishman, Chapter 3: Bilingualism with and without diglossia; diglossia with and without bilingualism, Li Wei (editor), The Bilingualism Reader, Taylor & Francis (Routledge), page 81, It is the purpose of this chapter to relate these two research traditions to each other by tracing the interaction between their two major constructs: bilingualism (on the part of psychologists) and diglossia (on the part of sociologists).

  2. 2.

    The presence of a cleft or doubled tongue.

    不可数 医学

词源

From Latin diglōssia. In linguistics introduced 1959 by Charles A. Ferguson, based on French diglossie, from Ancient Greek δίγλωσσος (díglōssos, “bilingual”) + -ία (-ía). Equivalent to di- + -glossia.

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