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Sociolinguistics Matters in Cross-Cultural Relations

Thesis Info

Author

Attiya Younus

Department

Department of English

Program

Mphil

Institute

National University of Modern Languages

Institute Type

Public

City

Islamabad

Province

Islamabad

Country

Pakistan

Thesis Completing Year

2008

Subject

English Language

Language

English

Added

2021-02-17 19:49:13

Modified

2024-03-24 20:25:49

ARI ID

1676728695731

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Sociolinguistics Matters in Cross-Cultural Relations Pakistan has a rich and diverse cultural and linguistic composition. The principal ethnic groups include Punjabi, Sindhi, Pashtons and Baluch. The demographic survey of Pakistan (1998) indicates that these ethnic groups are further divided into various sub-categories, linguistic groups and castes. The main languages include Urdu, Punjabi, Pushto, Balochi, Sindhi, Seraiki, Hindko and Dan. In the presence of such a diverse linguistic and cultural scenario, there are ample occasions of cross-cultural communication among them. These opportunities are created at the social, academic, political and occupational level of interaction. The focus of this research is an interesting type of cross-cultural relation that is to say the marriage between a man and a woman from different linguistic communities. It explores the language dynamics, attitudes and speech patterns within these families, as well as the levels of success in achieving family bilingualism. In addition, it attempts to scan and analyze the sensitivity of the children in such families towards the linguistic input provided to them. The researcher has conducted primary research on the sample selected through the technique of random sampling. She has used questionnaires as research instrument for the collection of data. This is followed by a quantitative and statistical analysis of the gathered responses and a qualitative evaluation of the data to scan the research findings. The researcher has discovered productive bilingualism in most couples as a result of high frequency of contact with each other's language community and an overall positive view about it. Awareness about the linguistic differences and the effort required to overcome the negative impact of these differences are also found. The researcher has also found the prevalence of elements like linguistic pressures especially on children and the occurrence of sociolinguistic phenomena of functional differentiation and role governed nature of linguistic choices. In the end, the researcher offers a view on possible long-term linguistic outcomes for these families and recommendations on the area of linguistic planning and the improvement of factors promoting bilingualism in such families.
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صد حسرت وافسوس کہ ہندوستان اپنے ایک جانباز،بہادر سپاہی اورپرانے خادم سے ہمیشہ کے لیے محروم ہوگیا۔انا ﷲ واناالیہ راجعون۔ حق تعالیٰ مرحوم کی خدمات کوقبول فرمائے اوردامانِ رحمت میں جگہ دے۔
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