Diglossia: The Hidden Psychology of How We Speak
Diglossia is a term used to describe language situations in which two varieties of the same language, typically a high-prestige variety and a low-prestige variety, coexist in a given speech community (Gumperz & Wilson, 1971). The high-prestige variety, often referred to as the “H” variety, is typically used in formal situations, while the low-prestige variety, […]