Today, the notion of 'diglossia' occupies a prominent place in sociolinguistic research. Since the 1960s, when the dominant sense of 'diglossia' was the complem

The present volume is a collection of papers presented at the international conference “Linguistic Awareness and Dissolution of Diglossia” held in July 2011

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This volume provides a detailed analysis of language contact in North Africa and explores the historical presence of the languages used in the region, including

This volume is the first published collection of papers on the impact of diglossia and dialectal variations on language and literacy acquisition, impairment, an