LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 11 : 8 August 2011
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Role of English and the Negligible and Marginal Role of Indian Languages –
A Case Study of Urdu in India

Somana Fatima, Ph.D.

Abstract

This paper is based on the role of English and the negligible and marginal roles of Indian languages in India. Researcher has collected the data and did the analysis of English and its impact on Indian languages. Researcher has taken Urdu language to compare with the English language in different contexts and situations. The study is done in Lucknow, Delhi and Aligarh city using hundred respondents who are Urdu speakers. The study is carried out by using questionnaire and interviews. After the data collection in the field, researcher has analyzed the data in the form of tables and charts.

Selection of Respondents

The present study has drawn data from more than one hundred respondents living in and around Aligarh district, Lucknow and Delhi who answered the survey questionnaire, and around 50 respondents who were interviewed.

1. New generation young Urdu speakers were mainly selected for this study since they are more globalized, commercialized and free to adopt foreign culture very easily. This generation is ready to change the society according to perceived and felt needs.

2. Urdu Speakers who belonged to the old generation were also included in the study because their speech is found to be relatively uniform among all members of the Urdu speaking society.

3. The respondents either originally belonged to Aligarh, Lucknow or Delhi, or their stay in Aligarh, Lucknow and Delhi have been for more than 15 years.

Data Collection

The data has been collected through a combination of techniques, with the help of tape recorder and field dairy. These techniques included:

1. Questionnaire.

2. Serving a text. (to get attitude and preference of Respondents)

3. Reading of word list.

4. Interviews.

5. Anonymous observations on the field diary.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Somana Fatima, M.A., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of English
Community College, Shaqra University
Al-Quwaiyah
Ar-Riyadh
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Somanafatima17883@gmail.com
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