The study of the position and application of Persian and Kurdish languages in Uramanat from the point of view of social linguistics
Subject Areas : Social Science QuarterlySaeed Ahmadi 1 * , Bahman Zandi 2
1 - Graduate student of Persian language teaching at Payame Noor University of Tehran
2 - Professor of Linguistics, Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Keywords: Kurdish language, Persian language, Bilingualism, Awramanat, Language Sociology,
Abstract :
In this essay it is tried to study the placement and usage of Persian and Kurdish languages in Awramanat (Paveh, Javanrood, Ravansar and Salas – e – Babajani townships.Based on this among the statistical community (four townships of Awramanat), 450 examinees are selected randomly as samples. In this essay adjusted questionnaire of Parasher's research pattern (1980) was used. The examinees were asked to mark Persian or Kurdish language in Social , family , friendship , vicinity , trade , education and administration realms according to a four choices scale which its choices are "Always" , "Often" , "Sometimes " and "Never". The questionnaire has 36 questions which ranked from informal to formal according to the realms' formality. When the questionnaires gathered data processed by computer. T-test, pair test and One –way analysis of variance are statistical methods used to analyze the findings of the essay. Analysis of findings shows that differences in using the two languages (Persian and Kurdish) by different age, education and gender groups and married people whose spouse is Kurd or is not Kurd are meaningful statistically in such a way that young and educated people use Persian more than others in administration , education and friendship realms more than other realms.
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