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In this e-lecture, I discuss Ferguson's classical article called “Diglossia“ published in 1959. I define what is Diglossia. Then I go through its main features as introduced in his article: namely: *Function *Prestige *Literary heritage *Acquisition *Standardization *Stability *Grammar *Lexicon *Phonology Then I go through Fishman's “Extended Diglossia“. Finally I present the versions onto which diglossia can develop according to some sociolinguists. These are Triglossia (Mkifili, 1978) (Youssi, 1995) and P

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