Variation in Discourse Strategies in a Multilingual Context

Autor/in	Bai, B. Lakshmi
Titel	Variation in Discourse Strategies in a Multilingual Context
Quelle	In: Indian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 36 (2010) 1-2, S.37-52 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0379-0037
Schlagwörter	Multilingualism; Personal Narratives; Expressive Language; Indo European Languages; Language Variation; Dravidian Languages; Connected Discourse; Form Classes (Languages); Discourse Analysis; Phrase Structure; Foreign Countries; India + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Erlebniserzählung; Indoeuropäisch; Sprachenvielfalt; Analytischer Sprachbau; Diskursanalyse; Phrasenstruktur; Ausland; Indien
Abstract	This paper is an attempt to study empirically a sample of spoken narratives of Hindi, Telugu and Dakkhini speakers in the multilingual setting of Hyderabad. After a brief account of multilingualism and variation within a language as commonly occurring phenomena, the paper examines the spoken narratives of the three languages mentioned above with a view to identifying the major discourse connectives. The findings show that the linguistic devices employed by a language for bringing coherence in a discourse are interconnected and come as a package. It is further observed that the presence of common structures across languages do not imply that they will show the same degree of preferences. The study points out the use of "clausal repetition" as a discourse connective which needs to be explored further. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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