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low variety

[Subentry of variety]

Fr    variété démotique

Synonym(s): vernacular variety

Antonym(s): high variety, standard dialect

Related term(s): diglossia

Domain: Sociolinguistics

Source(s):

Crystal 2003: 279

CRYSTAL, David. (2003) A Dictionary of Linguistics and Phonetics, 5^th Ed Oxford: Blackwell.

ELL: 5130

The Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. (1994) Oxford: Pergamon Press.

Fasold 1987: 35 (Low dialect)

FASOLD, Ralph. (1987) The Sociolinguistics of Society. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. (SL)

Ferguson 1959: 327

FERGUSON, Charles. (1959) "Diglossia," in Word 15, 325-340. (SL)

Finch 2000: 219

FINCH, Geoffrey. (2000) Linguistic Terms and Concepts. New York: St. Martin's Press.

Halliday 1978: 156 (low variant)

HALLIDAY, M.A.K. (1978) Language as Social Semiotic: The social interpretation of language and meaning. Baltimore: University Park Press. (SL)

Holmes 1992: 32

HOLMES, Janet. (1992) An Introduction to Sociolinguistics. New York: Longman. (SL)

Hudson 1996: 49-50

HUDSON, R.A. (1996) Sociolinguistics, 2^nd Edition. Cambridge: University Press. (SL)

Matthews 1997: 98 (low form)

MATTHEWS, P.H. (1997) The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Pei & Gaynor 1954: 127 (low)

PEI, Mario A. & GAYNOR, Frank. (1954) A Dictionary of Linguistics. New York : Philosophical Library.

Richards etal. 1992: 108 (= L-variety)

RICHARDS, Jack, PLATT,  J. & WEBER,  H.  (1992) Longman Dictionary of Language Teaching & Applied Linguistics. London: Longman.

Saville-troike 1982: 57

SAVILLE-TROIKE, Muriel. (1982) The Ethnography of Communication: An Introduction. Baltimore: University Park Press. (EC)

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