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Chinese translation: 双语制/双语现象/双语体现象

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English term or phrase:	diglossia
Chinese translation:	双语制/双语现象/双语体现象
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02:47 Oct 22, 2009

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English term or phrase: diglossia

For use in a sentence such as:
"Traditional diglossia has now been replaced with what Ferguson calls “standard-with-dialects”…"
I have found some suggested equivalents, but cannot distinguish which is most suitable. An explanation as to why a term is most fitting would be appreciated.

bhodgkins
United States

双言制，双言现象，双语体现象

Explanation:
双言制，双言现象，双语体现象 (英汉大词典）

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4adccdb001000ble.html
Bilingualism and diglossia (双语现象和双言现象)

双语现象就不多说了，就是平等地使用两种语言！例如加拿大的官方语言是英语和法语。（更多的内容点击http://linguistics2007.bokee.com/viewdiary.16176738.html）这里我想重点介绍一下“双言现象”，有时也翻译成“双语体现象”，这个术语最早于1959年出现在语言学文献里。双语现象涉及两种语言，而双言现象则指同一语言内部产生的两种变体，一个是“高级”变体，一个是“低级”变体。两种变体在交际中功能不同，“高级”变体（H）社会地位较高，通常用于正式场合，而 “低级”变体（L）社会地位较低，通常适合诸如朋友、家人闲聊等场合。

Diglossia: The case in which a community uses two distinct forms of the same language, one acquired through education and appropriate to one range of contexts, the other acquired before formal education and appropriate to another. (More information click on http://linguistics2007.bokee.com/viewdiary.16176758.html )

Other examples are:
victoria.linguistlist.org/~lapolla//rjlapolla/papers/bilingualism_II.pdf (page 2)
211.64.240.63:8001/files/ppt/linguistics/4.ppt (page 10)

Best wishes,

Dr JM Chen

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Dr JM Chen, PhD
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:22

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双言制，双言现象，双语体现象

Dr JM Chen, PhD

双层语言

fionayo

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1 hr confidence:

双层语言

Explanation:
Definition of diglossia:

In linguistics, diglossia is a situation where a given language community uses two languages or dialects: the first being the community's present day vernacular and the second being either an ancestral version of the same vernacular from centuries earlier (e.g.: Arabic), a distinct yet closely related present day dialect (e.g. Norwegian with Bokmål and Nynorsk, or Chinese with Standard Mandarin as the official, literary standard and colloquial topolects/dialects used in everyday communication) or another distinct language (such as in English and Maltese in Malta).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diglossia

In wikipedia, the term is translated as 双层语言 (please refer to the paragraph in Chinese below) - a language with the use of two markedly different varieties. I find it appropriate as it carries the meaning of "standard with dialects"

在语言学中，双层语言(diglossia)指在特定社会中存在两种紧密联系的语言，一种具有更高的威望，通常被政府所使用，或在正式的文本中使用；另一种威望较低，常作为方言口头使用。威望較高的语言具有更规范的形式，其形式和词汇经过筛选以不同的面貌进入方言中。

http://www.wikilib.com/wiki/双层语言

fionayo
Hong Kong
Local time: 04:22
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Chinese
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Asker: Thanks!

6 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

双言制，双言现象，双语体现象

“双言制”这个概念首先由Ferguson引入英美社会语言学界,Fishman扩展了“双言制”的外延,对Ferguson的“古典双言制”产生了深远的影响.
这里我想重点介绍一下“双言现象”，有时也翻译成“双语体现象”，这个术语最早于1959年出现在语言学文献里。双语现象涉及两种语言，而双言现象则指同一语言内部产生的两种变体，一个�

Reference: http://d.wanfangdata.com.cn/Periodical_jfjwgyxyxb200602004.a...
Reference: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4adccdb001000ble.html

Dr JM Chen, PhD
United Kingdom
Local time: 20:22
Native speaker of:

Chinese,