Sociolinguistic Study Of Variations in Language:: Regional, Social and Ethnic

Rahman, Md. Motiur

ISBN 10: 3845409274 / ISBN 13: 9783845409276

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sociolinguistic Study Of Variations in Language:: Regional, Social and Ethnic
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3845409274
• ISBN 13: 9783845409276
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Like New
• Book Type: book

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Synopsis

Variation in language is the most common and natural phenomenon found in all languages. It is an inherent property of almost all widely used languages of the world. During the last few decades Sociolinguistics has emerged as an autonomous field of study correlating the dependent linguistic variables with independent social variables for looking into the pattern and structure in variation. Sociolinguistic research on variation not only reveals significant information about a speech community but also provides better insight into the nature of language by characterizing variation as an integral constituent of speech community. Variation in language can be found at all the levels of language and can also be seen at regional, social and ethnic levels. Linguistic hierarchy reflects social structure and social subordination in the group. This creates the ideology of domination which makes the speakers to believe that one variety of language is superior to others. This study is based on the collection of data obtained through questionnaire, interviews, etc. This work provides valuable information regarding regional, social and ethnic varieties of Urdu as spoken in North India.

About the Author

Dr. Md. Motiur Rahman is an Assistant Professor at Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh. He has also served as Lecturer in Jazan University, Saudi Arabia. He has published several research papers in international journals. His areas of teaching and research are Sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics Language Teaching, Translation & Pragmatics, etc.