http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).07
10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).07
Published : Mar 2024
A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community
In this globalized era, many languages of the world are in the process of language shift. In the Pakistani multilingual context, a rapid language shift to dominant languages is taking place among the indigenous communities. This research paper in particular investigates the lingual shift among the Pothohari community living in urban areas of Rawalpindi and Islamabad by analyzing the everyday speech practices of the native Pothohari speakers. Live dinner-time conversations and semi-structured interviews of the participant families are the main data sources for the study. Karan and Stadler's (2000) Perceived benefit model of language choice and stability provides theoretical underpinnings to study the language situation and unveil the complex social, political, and economic factors regarding language change and shift. The findings revealed that language shift is swift and there is a lack of conformity among the native community towards the heritage language.
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Indigenous Languages, Pothohari, Language shift, language maintenance, language attitude
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(1) Samina Tabassum
Assistant Professor, Government Associate College for Women, Kallar Syedan, Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Samina Amin Qadir
Professor, Emeritus at Fatima Jinnah Women's University Rawalpindi, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Tabassum, S., & Qadir, S. A. (2024). A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community. Global Regional Review, IX(I), 79-91. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).07
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CHICAGO : Tabassum, Samina, and Samina Amin Qadir. 2024. "A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community." Global Regional Review, IX (I): 79-91 doi: 10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).07
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HARVARD : TABASSUM, S. & QADIR, S. A. 2024. A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community. Global Regional Review, IX, 79-91.
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MHRA : Tabassum, Samina, and Samina Amin Qadir. 2024. "A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community." Global Regional Review, IX: 79-91
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MLA : Tabassum, Samina, and Samina Amin Qadir. "A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community." Global Regional Review, IX.I (2024): 79-91 Print.
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OXFORD : Tabassum, Samina and Qadir, Samina Amin (2024), "A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community", Global Regional Review, IX (I), 79-91
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TURABIAN : Tabassum, Samina, and Samina Amin Qadir. "A Tendency to Lingual Shift in Pothohari Urban-Living Community." Global Regional Review IX, no. I (2024): 79-91. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2024(IX-I).07