LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 15:11 November 2015
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
Editors: B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. A. Sharada, Ph.D.
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         Lakhan Gusain, Ph.D.
         Jennifer Marie Bayer, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         L. Ramamoorthy, Ph.D.
         C. Subburaman, Ph.D. (Economics)
         N. Nadaraja Pillai, Ph.D.
         Soibam Rebika Devi, M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Expression of Socio-Cultural Rituals in Gojri -
An Ethnolinguistic Study

Syed Iram Bashir & Humaira Khan

Abstract

The present study explores Gojri as a storehouse of the socio-cultural rituals of the Gujjars of Jammu and Kashmir. It examines the specific terms used in their language to describe religious and cultural rituals. The study is based on the data collected through participant observation and interview by the researchers.

Keywords: Socio-cultural rituals, Gujjars, Ethno-linguistics

1. Introduction

An ethno-linguistic study involves a description of culture, sub-cultures of the group of people with distinctive lifestyles. It is that part of anthropological linguistics which is concerned with the study of the interrelation between a language and the cultural behavior of those who speak it.

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Syed Iram Bashir, Ph.D. Research Scholar
syed.ansa@yahoo.com

Humaira Khan, Ph.D. Research Scholar
khanayeesha2@gmail.com

Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies
University of Mysore
Mysore 570006
Karnataka
India
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