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Autor/in | MCCORMACK, WILLIAM |
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Titel | A CAUSAL ANALYSIS OF CASTE DIALECTS. |
Quelle | , (11 Seiten) |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; Monographie |
Schlagwörter | Caste; Comparative Analysis; Dialect Studies; Dialects; Kannada; Languages; Social Class; Tape Recordings; India |
Abstract | THIS PAPER ATTEMPTS TO ANALYZE THE SOCIAL CAUSES FOR THE DIFFERENTIAL RATE OF CHANGE IN LANGUAGE BEHAVIOR BETWEEN BRAHMINS AND NON-BRAHMINS. INDICATIONS ARE THAT (1) INDIAN SPEECH COMMUNITIES ARE CONSCIOUS OF CASTE DIALECTS, (2) LINGUISTIC FORMS DIFFUSE MORE RAPIDLY AMONG LOWER-STATUS GROUPS, (3) THE SPEECH OF LOWER-STATUS GROUPS DISPLAYS FORMS WITH WIDER REGIONAL DISPERSTION THAN DOES THE SPEECH OF LOCALLY HIGH-STATUS CASTES, AND (4) THE MOTIVATION, OR CAUSE, FOR THE EXISTENCE OF CASTE DIALECTS IS PROVIDED BY THE SOCIAL-STATUS ASPECTS OF THE LOCAL CASTE HIERARCHY ITSELF. (LP) |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |