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LANGUAGE ATTRITION AND ITS IMPACT ON CULTURE A CASE OF SARAIKI IN DERA GHAZI KHAN REGION

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-III).06      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-III).06      Published : Sep 2021

Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region

Abstract

    Language attrition is primarily the loss of language and subsequently the loss of culture and identity. A number of languages have become extinct, and many languages of the world are near extinction. This study analyzes the impact of language attrition on Saraiki and its culture in the D. G. Khan region. This research takes into consideration two domains of language use: home and university. Paradis's (2004) Activated Threshold Hypothesis (ATH) supplemented with Bot, Lowie & Verspoor's (2007) Dynamic Systems Theory (DST) has been adopted as a theoretical framework. The mixed-method approach has been used, and a sample of 100 respondents was selected from the target population. The respondents were instructed to define certain Saraiki vocabulary items, and their responses were recorded. The findings show that socio-economic, socio-cultural, socio-political and socio-demographic factors are responsible for the language attrition of Saraiki and the subsequent impact on the culture of the speakers in the selected locale.

    Language Attrition, Minority Language, Identity, Culture, Socio-Economic Factors, Socio-Cultural Factors

    (1) Muhammad Riaz
    Lecturer, Department of English, Bahadur Sub-campus (Layyah), Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
    (2) Aneela Gill
    Assistant Professor, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad, Pakistan.
    (3) Sara Shahbaz
    Lecturer, Department of English, Women University Multan, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA

    APA : Riaz, M., Gill, A., & Shahbaz, S. (2021). Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region. Global Language Review, VI(III), 56-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-III).06

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Riaz, Muhammad, Aneela Gill, and Sara Shahbaz. 2021. "Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region." Global Language Review, VI (III): 56-64 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-III).06

HARVARD

    HARVARD : RIAZ, M., GILL, A. & SHAHBAZ, S. 2021. Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region. Global Language Review, VI, 56-64.

MHRA

    MHRA : Riaz, Muhammad, Aneela Gill, and Sara Shahbaz. 2021. "Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region." Global Language Review, VI: 56-64

MLA

    MLA : Riaz, Muhammad, Aneela Gill, and Sara Shahbaz. "Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region." Global Language Review, VI.III (2021): 56-64 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Riaz, Muhammad, Gill, Aneela, and Shahbaz, Sara (2021), "Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region", Global Language Review, VI (III), 56-64

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Riaz, Muhammad, Aneela Gill, and Sara Shahbaz. "Language Attrition and its Impact on Culture - A Case of Saraiki in Dera Ghazi Khan Region." Global Language Review VI, no. III (2021): 56-64. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-III).06