Social stratification of /n/ and /J/ in Lahore

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dc.contributor.authorZafar Iqbal Bhatti
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-06T14:41:01Z
dc.date.available2012-11-06T14:41:01Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe following study is an investigation of language within the social context of the community in which it is spoken, carried out in 2011 in a region with a particular linguistic background, Lahore, the capital of Punjab, Pakistan. The study examines the objective pattern of language behavior to be correlated with the overall social pattern of differential reaction to social pressures. This research investigates and examines the stratification of nasal variants /n/ and/J/in the Lahore city, relating social parameters of age, education, gender, geographical background and social class. The study is concerned with presence or absence of /J/a retroflex nasal flap that frequently occurs in the speech communities of various parts of rural and urban Punjab. A structured interview was administered in order to examine this issue of social stratification by language. In this regard, this study becomes a Labovian methodological replica in the present context. The results show several statistically significant differences in linguistic usage among different groups of people residing in Lahore city. The Labovian concept of rhoticity in the 70s brought significant changes in the field of sociolinguistics. This concept of social stratification is supposed to be equal in the context of nasal variants /n/ and /J/ in the present research.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://escholar.umt.edu.pk/handle/123456789/630
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Management and Technologyen_US
dc.subjectSocial Stratificationen_US
dc.subjectApplied Linguisticsen_US
dc.subjectSocial Scienceen_US
dc.titleSocial stratification of /n/ and /J/ in Lahoreen_US
dc.titleSocial stratification of /n/ and /j/ in Lahoreen_us
dc.typeThesisen_US
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