Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6052ISSN: Print 1683-8831
Abstract
Linguists unanimously acknowledge the importance of the attitudes of speakers towards a particular language because their attitude is always dictated by some invisible or tangible motives. These motives may be of various kinds. But they can be categorized into linguistic and non-linguistic. Linguistically, the process of stigmatizing simply leads a language to attrition, decline and death of a language whereas, glorification of a language guides a language to rehabilitation, strengthening, thriving and expansion. Non-linguistic motives include socio, economic and political motives of the speakers. This study attempts to investigate the motivations of the speakers of the provincial languages of Pakistan for the process of glorification and stigmatization of languages.
How to cite this article:
Muhammad Issa. Motives Behind Stigmatization and Glorification of Languages: A Social Survey of the
Provincial Languages of Pakistan.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/pjssci.2021.101.105
URL: https://www.makhillpublications.co/view-article/1683-8831/pjssci.2021.101.105