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Language shifting among Dhaka’s Bihari minority across generations

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bracu.degree.levelUndergraduate
bracu.type.groupStudent Works
datacite.rightsOpen Access
dc.contributor.advisorFarhat, Nazah
dc.contributor.authorSafnin, Sumya
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of English and Humanities
dc.date.accessioned2025-10-15T06:18:14Z
dc.date.available2025-10-15T06:18:14Z
dc.date.copyright2025
dc.date.issued2025-05
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (pages 38-40).
dc.descriptionThis thesis is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in English, 2025.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis research highlights the language change process in the daily lives of Urdu-speaking Biharis of Dhaka. The daily shift of language affects people's public life is examined through qualitative research methods in this study. It also focuses on language as not just a means of communication for humans, but rather it is used as a tool for survival. Biharis have to change their language to survive socially , politically and economically in their daily lives across generations, and the impact this language has on their lives is shown here. It also highlighted the Bihari minority’s current state of language shifting, discrimination and problems those faced outside their residence, deprived from basic human rights and the process of language change/shift in different generations.en_US
dc.description.degreeBachelor of Arts in English
dc.description.statementofresponsibilitySumya Safnin
dc.format.extent57 pages
dc.identifier.otherID 20203024
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/26892
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBRAC Universityen_US
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dc.subjectBihari minorityen_US
dc.subjectResearch significanceen_US
dc.subjectImplicationen_US
dc.subjectLinguistics changeen_US
dc.subjectLinguistics transitionsen_US
dc.subjectPerception of languageen_US
dc.subject.lcshBihari (South Asian people)--Bangladesh--Dhaka--Social conditions.
dc.subject.lcshEthnicity--Bangladesh.
dc.subject.lcshLinguistic change.
dc.subject.lcshBihari languages--Bangladesh--Dhaka.
dc.subject.lcshLinguistics.
dc.titleLanguage shifting among Dhaka’s Bihari minority across generationsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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