Intra-linguistic Diglossia as a Special Kind of Folk Bilingualism on the Example of the Lechitic Languages
Jaroslaw Kobylko
Abstract:The interaction of several varieties of the same national language may, on the one hand, affect the dominance of the state language over ethnolects, which may eventually lead to their disappearance, and on the other hand, due to the evolutionary linguistic and cultural proximity, contribute to their preservation. The purpose of the study is to consider the form of existence of subsystems of the national language, namely languages characterized by limited territory and spheres of use and the official language. … Show more
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