...standard-with-dialects in that no segment of the speech community in diglossia regularly uses H as a medium of ordinary conversation, and any attempt to...disloyal to the community (Swiss German, Creole). In the more usual standard-with-dialects situation the standard is often similar to the variety of...

...no segment of the speech community in diglossia regularly uses H [the literary or written form] as a medium of ordinary conversation, and any attempt to do so is felt to be either pedantic or artificial. . . .8 In other words, Arabic has an ideal written or literary form (fushd) sufficiently...

...that no segment of the speech community in diglossia regularly uses H (the prestigious variety) as a medium of ordinary conversation, and any attempt to do so is felt to be either pedantic or artificial. In the more usual standard-with-dialects situation the standard is often similar to...

...language-withdialects in that no segment of the speech community in diglossia regularly uses H [the literary form] as a medium of ordinary conversation, and any attempt to do so is felt to be either pedantic or artificial.' remarks are merely intended to signal to the target readers the complexity of the Arabic...

...of the speech communitv in diglossia regularly uses H as a medium of ordinarv conversation, and am attempt to do so is felt to be either pedantic and...disloyal to the community (Swiss German, Creole). In the more usual standard-with-dialects situation the standard is often similar to the variety of...