Reading Working Papers in Linguistics 4 (2000) - The University of ...
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SOCIOLINGUISTIC VARIATION AND CHANGE IN URBAN INDIA<br />
l<strong>in</strong>guistic perspective, the T/n dist<strong>in</strong>ction <strong>in</strong> Marathi is probably the most<br />
significant.<br />
2. (Aspiration_Medial_F<strong>in</strong>al) or (Aspi_M_F)<br />
Aspirated stops <strong>in</strong> word-medial and –f<strong>in</strong>al positions <strong>in</strong> the standard tend to<br />
be unaspirated <strong>in</strong> non-standard speech. <strong>The</strong> phonological variable refers to<br />
the retention <strong>in</strong> the standard versus loss <strong>in</strong> the non-standard <strong>of</strong> aspiration <strong>of</strong><br />
stops <strong>in</strong> word-medial and word-f<strong>in</strong>al positions.<br />
Examples<br />
Standard Non-standard Gloss<br />
dudh dud milk<br />
aUhKi aUKi eighth<br />
3. (Lex)<br />
This is a composite variable consist<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> some frequently occurr<strong>in</strong>g content<br />
and function words.<br />
Examples<br />
Standard Non-standard Gloss<br />
patelJ patilJ / bhJgulJ pot<br />
miValJ bheUlJ get (past)<br />
khup / phar lJi a lot / many<br />
3.4. Hypotheses<br />
Draw<strong>in</strong>g on the f<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>gs from the sociol<strong>in</strong>guistic surveys <strong>of</strong> semi-urban<br />
Phaltan Marathi and <strong>of</strong> work<strong>in</strong>g class Marathi <strong>in</strong> urban Bombay (Bernsten<br />
1978 and Apte 1962 respectively), it was hypothesised that –<br />
1. Caste membership will not have a significant effect on children’s<br />
l<strong>in</strong>guistic choices<br />
2. Social class effect on the choice <strong>of</strong> standard/non-standard variants will be<br />
greater than the caste effect.<br />
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