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You can reach the person managing the list at [EMAIL PROTECTED] When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of sanskrit digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Pronoun Usage in Indian Languages (Shree Devi Kumar) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2003 08:58:43 -0800 (PST) From: Shree Devi Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Sanskrit] Pronoun Usage in Indian Languages To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Namaste,I am copying a message below from my daughter who is doing researchregarding 'pronoun usage' in Indian languages. Her note gives the details of the project, if you can provide any guidance to her about it, please email her at [EMAIL PROTECTED] so much,Shree From: Akshaya Kumar [EMAIL PROTECTED]: October 26, 2003Hello, My name is Akshaya Kumar. I am a senior at Upper St. Clair High School in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. As one of the requirements for the IB Diploma program, I need to complete a research study/project and write a 4,000 word Extended Essay. I have chosen to do my work in the field ofanthropology, and was looking for some help. My study will examine theevolution of languages from India as a result of exposure to Americancultural values and beliefs. Essentially I am looking to see if immigrants' pronoun usage changes as a result of living in the United States. Most Indian languages contain two forms of 'you' - aformal/re spectful and an informal. When in India, I observed an interesting phenomenon. Although wives use the formal/respectful when they address their husbands, the husbands use the informal to speak to their wives. My entire project is based upon examining this phenomenon. However, I am finidng it diffucult to obtain documentation of this occurance. I am hoping that you might be able to point me in the right direction as to authors I could read or studies I could look at to prove that this happens. My project would then build upon that premise by conducting a survey to determine if Indian Americans continue to use this biasedlinguistic pattern after living in the US. I think that both the egalitarian view of our society as well as the single "you" used in English may befactors in this possible change. I plan on first determining if myparticipants believe in the equality of gender and then checking to see if they use unequal pronouns. I hypothesize that although the views of the people may have changed, they might probably continue to use their biasedstructure simply out of habit. I might follow up with the participants to see if once the concept has been drawn to their attention they changed their usage patterns. As you can see it is imperative that I can show that the unequal pronoun use occurs in the first place. If you have any suggestions as to how I could find documentation or how I could refine my method I would really appreciate it. Also, if you think there is someone else who would be a more appropriate resource, forward this message to them or send me their name. I am basically looking for as much help as possible, so please if you have any thoughts or comments just write to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] would just like to thank you in advance, and look forward to talking with you in the future.Akshaya --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.cs.utah.edu/mailman/private/sanskrit/attachments/20031027/2b2a7681/attachment-0001.htm ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ sanskrit mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.cs.utah.edu/mailman/listinfo/sanskrit End of sanskrit Digest, Vol 8, Issue 2 **************************************