Linguistic Convergence and Divergence in Telugu-Urdu Contact Situation: A Study with Special Reference to Telangana Dialect
Journal Title: International Journal of Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies (IJIMS) - Year 2014, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
Contact between two or more languages as well as cultures in India is a common phenomenon. In such contexts, it is possible that the elements can be transferred from one language to another. The contact induced changes can be measured at all levels of a language and the results will be far more visible even when the languages involved belong to genetically homogeneous families. Convergence and divergence, two opposite directions of language change, describe the increase and decrease in similarity between languages (cf.Auer at al. 2005:1).The present study attempts to answer a set of questions concerning the internal mechanisms of a language contact situation and its effects, i.e. linguistic convergence and divergence. It focuses on the linguistic convergence of Telangana, a dialect of Telugu spoken in Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh to Urdu spoken in Telangana region, and at the same time its divergence from standard variety of Telugu. This is an interesting phenomenon to study that how a dialect coming in contact with another language moves closer to it and the same dialect move further away from its standard form.
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Venkanna Ithagani
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