Diglossia

1959/01/01 by Charles A. Ferguson · 2,947 citations
Arts and Humanities · #Arabic #Diglossia #Linguistics #Philosophy #Political science #Translation Studies and Practices

paper · pdf · doi:10.1080/00437956.1959.11659702

published in WORD 15(2), 325-340 (Taylor & Francis)

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