Imagine you belong to a country where the language situation is diglossic. Give some examples of situations in which you would use H variety and L variety.

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Question from "Sociolinguistics"

Answer 1

In a diglossic society, two dialects are commonly spoken: the H (high) variety dialect is used in certain formal situations and the L (low) variety dialect is used in everyday/informal situations. Can you describe some formal and informal situations?

It may help to imagine and research real world examples of diglossic societies as you brainstorm: List of diglossic regions - Wikipedia