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This paper aims to explore diglossia as to its definitions,types,charact.

“双言制”这个概念首先由Ferguson引入英美社会语言学界,F ishm an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。

Therefore,the different meanings of certain linguistic terms,such as bilingualism,bidialectalism,diglossia,should be stated clearly.

因此,与双语现象有关的术语,如双语式、双言式和双体式是不容混淆的。

This paper is to elaborate on diglossia In the first part, it describes the situation in general, introducing its definition, people s attitudes towards the two varieties Then, it discusses the changes of the diglossia situation In the third part, it mainly introduces the diglossia situation in China prior to the May Fourth Movement, its existence and the reasons of its disappearin

全文分三部分 :第一部分是对双言现象的总体介绍 ,包括双言现象的定义、人们对其两种变体的不同态度 ;第二部分着重分析了双言现象的变化 ;第三部分重点分析中国在五四运动以前存在的双言现象及其随后消失的主要原因。