Dialectal Differences of "Saraiki" Language in Punjab

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Sprachwissenschaft / Sprachforschung (fachübergreifend), Note: 2, , Veranstaltung: Phonetics and Phonology, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: It is common all over the world that a language has more than one accent, whether it is standard language like English or any regional language. Phonological features are the fundamental parameters on the basis of which varieties of a language can be analysed. The concern of my present study is to find out the dialectal differences in a language. The basic purpose of my work is to see the accent differences and the choice of lexical items by speakers of different regions for the same word or concept. To conduct this research work, I selected Saraiki, one of the regional languages of Pakistan and widely used as first language in southern Punjab. I analysed the speech of two speakers who belong to different regions of Punjab and carried out study on the basic speech patterns and features. The point to ponder is how two speakers of a same language pronounce same words differently and what features made their speech different as well as similar to each other.