{"title":"THE LANGUAGES OF THE DIVINE SPACE: A CASE STUDY FROM INDIA","authors":"Nusrat B Egum, Sweta S Inha","doi":"10.1344/dialectologia2021.27.2","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"This paper aims to present the multilingual signs used in the religious domain of Bihar’s linguistic landscape. Bihar, one of the largest states of India, is located in the eastern part of the country with a population of 104.1 million as per Bihar Population Census (2011). The study investigates the relationship between language and religious identity and shows how different religious groups sharing the same space identify themselves with specific language concerning their religion that is clearly evident through manifestation of diverse languages in their respective holyscapes. A total 114 religious signage are photographed by using diversity sampling method from various religious sites and public roads in Patna, the capital city of Bihar. The findings of the study demonstrate an interesting linguistic diversity in the religious domain of linguistic landscape with the visibility of Hindi, Urdu, English, Punjabi, Arabic and Sanskrit.","PeriodicalId":42481,"journal":{"name":"Dialectologia","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.1000,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Dialectologia","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1344/dialectologia2021.27.2","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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This paper aims to present the multilingual signs used in the religious domain of Bihar’s linguistic landscape. Bihar, one of the largest states of India, is located in the eastern part of the country with a population of 104.1 million as per Bihar Population Census (2011). The study investigates the relationship between language and religious identity and shows how different religious groups sharing the same space identify themselves with specific language concerning their religion that is clearly evident through manifestation of diverse languages in their respective holyscapes. A total 114 religious signage are photographed by using diversity sampling method from various religious sites and public roads in Patna, the capital city of Bihar. The findings of the study demonstrate an interesting linguistic diversity in the religious domain of linguistic landscape with the visibility of Hindi, Urdu, English, Punjabi, Arabic and Sanskrit.
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The aim of the journal DIALECTOLOGIA is to join the experiences of researchers working in different fields of Dialectology (linguistic variation, geolinguistics, methodology, synchronic and diachronic dialectal data, new technologies, social dialectology, etc). -It is a double-blind external peer-reviewed journal, published twice yearly, that complies with the norms of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT). -Each issue features 4/6 previously unpublished articles on original topics relating to linguistic variation. -It includes also book reviews and news about congresses, meetings and recent publications. -Original papers will be evaluated within a period of three months. -The journal does not charge fees to authors either for processing (APC) or for the publication of articles. -The author will remain owner of the intellectual property of the works, however access to them is totally open and free, so they can be reproduced in whole or in part with the only limitation of recognizing the authorship and the source of publication ("Dialectologia. Revista electrònica"), provided that such exploitation is not of a commercial nature.
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