29.4222, Books: Language Attitudes and Lambada Youth in a Multilingual Domain: Maloth, Dutta

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Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:03:49
From: Ulrich Ulrich [contact at lincom.eu]
Subject: Language Attitudes and Lambada Youth in a Multilingual Domain: Maloth, Dutta

 


Title: Language Attitudes and Lambada Youth in a Multilingual Domain 
Series Title: LINCOM Studies in Sociolinguistics 17  

Publication Year: 2018 
Publisher: Lincom GmbH
	   http://www.lincom-shop.eu
	

Book URL: http://lincom-shop.eu/LSSL-17-Language-Attitudes-and-Lambada-Youth-in-a-Multilingual-Domain/en 


Author: Upender Maloth
Author: Hemanga Dutta

Paperback: ISBN:  9783862888917 Pages: 268 Price: Europe EURO 72.80


Abstract:

Attitude is an integral component of human behaviour in Psychology and
Sociolinguistics. The current study endeavours to explore the language usage
patterns and language attitudes of educated Lambada youth towards their mother
tongue and two dominant languages of Telengana namely Telugu and English. This
study tries to find out whether there is any significant correlation between
language attitudes and social variables such as geographical area, medium of
instruction and gender. As per the findings of this study the informants
seemed to have consistent positive attitudes towards the dominant languages
Telugu and English although there is a significant difference observed in the
responses of the informants towards Lambada language pertaining to
geographical area and medium of instruction. The informants belonging to the
urban area and English medium background had negative attitudes towards their
mother tongue whereas their rural counterparts had highly positive attitude
towards the same. Most of the informants from the rural pockets of Telengana
who took their primary education in Telugu medium expressed their urge to
protect their mother tongue Lambada along with the ethnic identity and
indigenous culture associated with it. Lambada linguistic and cultural
identity is still intact in the dwellings of the Lambada hamlets which are
situated far away from the main stream Telugu society.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)

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