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Direct linkKaltenegger, Sandra – Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2023
Chinese is a highly complex language with internal variation unprecedented in most other languages. Yet, that does not mean Chinese is unique in the sense that it cannot be compared to other languages and new concepts need to be introduced for the description of it. This paper is dedicated to the question of how to apply the notion of…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Variation, Sino Tibetan Languages, Contrastive Linguistics
Peer reviewedPlatt, John T. – Language in Society, 1977
Ferguson's concept of diglossia and its later extension and coupling with bilingualism is developed further into the concept of polyglossia with multilingualism by a discussion of various speech communities where these phenomena are in evidence. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Cultural Pluralism, Dialect Studies
