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Demonstrative Reference in Manipuri

Huiningshumbam Surchandra Singh, Research Scholar
Department of Linguistics, Manipur University

Abstract

The Manipuri demonstratives which are usually found to occur at the sentence level are ?si~m?si and ?du~m?du. They can be used at the discourse level with the sense of proximal and distal. The Manipuri demonstrative ?si~m?si is used to refer to something or someone which is in front of the speaker himself and ?du~m?du to refer to something or someone which is far away from or beyond the eyesight of the speaker. The Manipuri demonstratives can be used to refer to person in certain context. A crucial point to note regarding the use of the demonstrative reference for person is that they are mainly adopted in the derogatory speech only. An extended use of these demonstratives is that the demonstrative ?si~m?si can be used to refer to the part of the utterance of the speaker himself whereas ?du~m?du to refer to the utterance made by another speaker. Now the demonstratives which are making reference contribute a lot to the making of a cohesive Manipuri discourse.

Keywords: Manipuri, demonstrative, proximal, cohesive, derogatory speech, reference.

Introduction

Manipuri which is locally known as Meiteilon is mainly spoken in the state of Manipur which is situated in the North-eastern India. It is also spoken in other Indian states like Assam, Tripura, Mizoram and in the countries like Burma and Bangladesh. Manipuri has become the lingua franca among the speakers speaking different dialects of Manipur. Since 20th August, 1992 Manipuri had become the first TB (Tibeto-Burman) language which had got the recognition as an eighth scheduled language of India.

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Huiningshumbam Surchandra Singh
Research Scholar
Department of Linguistics
Manipur University
Imphal
Manipur
India
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