Socio-Regional Variations in the Conversation of Kurdish People in Kalar

Ali Hassan, Fareeq

	Socio-Regional Variations in the Conversation of Kurdish People in Kalar
Kirkuk University Journal: Humanity Studies
Article 3, Volume 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 8-17
Author
Fareeq Ali Hassan
Abstract
1.INTRODUCTION As a matter of fact , language variation is affected by many social and regional factors. Accordingly , different dialects are spoken in different regions and communities. Hall ( 1969 :339) states that “ language varies not from one individual to the next , but from one subsection of a speech-community ( family, village ,town ) to another.” Abercrombie( 1973 : 8 ) says : “ there are some communities in which pronunciation carries indices of social standing as well as of geographical origions . This variation is clearly applicable to the language spoken in KALAR which is characterized by its geographical distinctive location as it is surrounded by the town of DARBANDEEKHAN from the north whose inhabitants speak standard Kurdish , JALAWLA’ from the south whose inhabitants speak Arabic and Kurdish , and KHANAQEEN from south-east whose inhabitants speak a Kurdish dialect mixed with or greatly affeced by Persian language. So, the language variation used there is greatly expected to be of distinctive socio-regional features . In relation to the social characters in one community , Hall (1969:239) emphasizes that " people of different classes , occupations or cultural groups in the same community show variations in their speech " which are also applicable to the conversation of Kurdish people in KALAR.
Keywords
socio; Regional Variations in the Conversation of Kurdish People in Kalar

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