This article is a part of the book "The Politics of English as a World Language - New Horizons in Postcolonial Cultural Studies". I believe it is worth-mentioning because of the concept the author works on - 'Conquest' Diglossia.The 'Conquest' Diglossia he refers to would groundly differ from the one observed in Switzerland, for instance. The background of the presence of French in the Caribbean is the colonization, which didn 't take place in the European case. This is an interesting link which provides us with a little information about the origin of diglossia as a linguistic terminology. It is an interesting text since it points out how Ferguson's ideas were valid when he defined diglossia in 1959 and how they've changed when we look at the situations that he described at that time.http://creoles.free.fr/Cours/anglais/Diglossia.pdf Demotic Greek language, also called Romaic, Greek Demotiki, or Romaiki, a modern vernacular of Greece. In modern times it has been the standard spoken language and, by the 20th century, had become almost the sole language of Greek creative literature. In January 1976, by government order, it became the official language of the state, replacing Katharevusa Greek as the language for governmental and legal documents, in the courts and Parliament, in the schools, and in newspapers and other publications. (Katharevusa continued to be used in some legal documents and othertechnical writings in which there was a large body of established literature.)Although the vocabulary, phonology, and grammar of ancient Greek remain the basis of Demotic Greek, they have been considerably modified and simplified. Foreign words and constructions that penetrated the language in large numbers reflect the influence of various foreign powers that held sway in postclassical Greece or that exerted influence there, from the foundation of the eastern Roman Empire (ad 325) through the Crusades to the Venetian and Turkish conquests. The Turkish domination, in particular, destroyed Greek literary continuity and development, and after Greece regained its independence in the early 19th century, many nationalists wishing to meet the need for a uniform written languagedeveloped an artificial, purified language, Katharevusa, as an approximation of the old classical norms. It was a deliberate archaization. When a military dictatorship arose in 1967, the new conservatism extended to language, and Katharevusa was strictly imposed in the schools. But after the restoration of political democracy in 1974, linguistic democracy followed suit, and Demoticliterally, the popular languagewas given official sanction.Today the two varieties, Demotic and Katharevusa, have merged to form a single unified language, Standard Modern Greek (Greek: Koini Neoelliniki).http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/157455/Demotic-Greek-language This is a quote from Susanne Stadlbauer's article on the "Arabic diglossic environment", which discusses the power relations within the languages spoken in Egypt. Here only two parts of the text are posted. To see the full text, access the link of the bottom of the post.Language Ideologies in the Arabic Diglossia of EgyptSusanne StadlbauerUniversity of Colorado at BoulderThis paper surveys studies on language ideologies in the Arabic diglossic environment of present-day Egypt. Specifically, it discusses linguistic and cultural implications of language ideologies associated with Classical Arabic (CA), Modern Standard Arabic (MSA), Egyptian Arabic