LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 19:11 November 2019
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Phonological Change in Bulandshahri: A Social Perspective

Burhan Ahmad Abbasi, Research Scholar

Abstract

All human languages change over time and therefore there is no such language which is unchanged or in its initial form. Language change can be traced at different linguistic levels like phonology, morphology, grammar, and semantics, this happens due to the way language is used and acquired by individuals or group of people in the society. This is an outcome of socio-political contacts, such as language policy, language planning, transportation, immigration, etc. Notably, the need for technological advancement and the use of the internet plays a significant role in language change. Consequently, new vocabularies are included in the dictionaries, glossaries, and thesauri to meet the need of time and new technological discoveries such as transport, domestic appliances, and industrial equipment, sports, entertainment, and healthcare. Language change takes place in different situations, such as language learning, language contact, social differentiation, nature and attitudes. Therefore, this paper deals with the factors responsible for language change in Urdu spoken in and around the vicinity of Bulandshahr districts, especially from the phonological point of view.

Keywords: Bulandshahri, phonological change, social perspective

1. Introduction

While discussing linguistics, language change must be addressed. Language change occurs very swiftly whenever speakers come in contact with the people of different geographical places who speak a different language, but even within the same small community also, there are various factors responsible for it based on speaker’s age, gender, sex, ethnicity, and social and educational background. Through the interactions among these speakers belonging to different classes, we encounter new words, expressions, and pronunciations which we integrate into our speech or vocabularies. Even if your family has lived in the same area for generations, you can probably identify several differences between the language you use and the way your ancestors speak. Every successive generation makes its small contribution to language change and when sufficient time has passed by the impact of these changes becomes more obvious.

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Burhan Ahmad Abbasi, Research Scholar
Department of Linguistics
A.M.U. Aligarh
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