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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE General Editor: Joshua A. Fishman ISSN: 0165-2516 ONLINE ACCESS is now available to all institutional subscribers of the print version at no extra charge. To register for free online access, please contact us at o-journalsMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issuedeGruyter.com for more information. 2002, Issue 157 FOCUS ON DIGLOSSIA Issue Editor: Joshua A. Fishman This focus issue is affectionately dedicated to the memory of Charles A. Ferguson 1921 - 1998. CONTENTS FOCUS ARTICLE ALAN HUDSON Outline of a theory of diglossia REVIEWER'S COMMENTS MARIA-JOSE AZURMENDI Comentarios FLORIAN COULMAS Writing is crucial NANCY C. DORIAN Diglossia and the simplification of linguistic space MOHA ENNAJI Comment RALPH W. FASOLD The importance of community JOSHUA A. FISHMAN Diglossia and societal multilingualism: dimensions of similarity and difference ANNA FRANGOUDAKI Greek societal bilingualism of more than a century WALTER HAAS Comment ALAN S. KAYE Comment CHRISTINA BRATT PAULSTON Comment SUZANNE ROMAINE Can stable diglossia help to preserve endangered languages? HAROLD F. SCHIFFMAN Comment REBUTTAL ESSAY ALAN HUDSON Diglossia, bilingualism, and history: postscript to a theoretical discussion SMALL LANGUAGES AND SMALL LANGUAGE COMMUNITIES 39 BRUCE CONNELL Phonetic/phonological variation and language contraction For subscription information please contact the publisher: Mouton de Gruyter Genthiner Str. 13 10785 Berlin, Germany Fax: +49 30 26005 222 e-mail: wdg-info
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