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Re: Diglossia (was Re: New to the List, too)

From:Padraic Brown <pbrown@...>
Date:Saturday, June 17, 2000, 18:11
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:

>Padraic Brown wrote: >> You mean like two languages used in one text? > >Well, actually the situation that exists in Arabic, wherein there are >two very distinct levels of the same language (almost distinct >languages) used, one for ordinary conversation, and one for formal >writing.
OK. Then no. Unless you count the Latin used in the courts. Padraic.
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