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Publication details [#14763]
Paolillo, John C. 1997. Sinhala diglossia: Discrete or continuous variation? Language in Society 26 (2) : 269–296.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
Annotation
Based on a computerized graph of Sinhala High and Low diglossia varieties and the concept of functional diasystem, this article endorses a discrete model of diglossia characterization