Lectal Continuum and Diglossia

Analyze the lectal continuum and diglossia.

What is the difference between situations of a lectal continuum and diglossia? Are the two mutually exclusive? Are they unique for pidgins and/or creoles? Motivate your answer. In what way has the lectal continuum been interpreted as evidence of ongoing change in pidgin and creole languages? What does ‘creolization’ mean? What are implicational patterns, and how do they relate to situations of lectal continua? What are the three main levels of a lectal continuum scale? What do they relate to?