SOME DIMENSIONS OF DIGLOSSIA IN HAITI.

This article investigates the sociological correlates of speech behavior among bilingual speakers of French and Creole in Haiti. Comparisons are drawn with the diglossia situation in Paraguay. The factors influencing language loyalty and language maintenance, the social constraints of language choice, the social context of communicative development as well as the competence of Haitians in Creole and French, are discussed. However, one should take into account the fact that the sociolinguistic situation in Haiti is changing.