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1. Charles Ferguson

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   Diglossia Theory
   Ferguson (linguist)/)'s most enduring contribution is the concept of diglossia, formally introduced in his 1959 paper, "Diglossia in Arabic and Certain Other Situations" [1]. Ferguson (linguist)/) posited that in certain speech communities, two distinct, yet related, linguistic varieties coexist, each occupying a specific, socially defined sphere of use.
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