LANGUAGE IN INDIA

Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow

Volume 24:9 September 2024
ISSN 1930-2940

Editors:
         Sam Mohanlal, Ph.D.
         B. Mallikarjun, Ph.D.
         A. R. Fatihi, Ph.D.
         G. Baskaran, Ph.D.
         T. Deivasigamani, Ph.D.
         Pammi Pavan Kumar, Ph.D.
         Soibam Rebika Devi, M.Sc., Ph.D.

Managing Editor & Publisher: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.

Celebrate India!
Unity in Diversity!!

HOME PAGE

Click Here for Back Issues of Language in India - From 2001

Poetic Encounter
Available in https://www.amazon.in/dp/B09TT86S4T

Poems
Naked: the honest browsings of two brown women
Available in https://www.amazon.in

Decrees
Available in https://www.amazon.com

BOOKS FOR YOU TO READ AND DOWNLOAD FREE!

REFERENCE MATERIALS

BACK ISSUES

  • E-mail your articles and book-length reports in Microsoft Word to languageinindiaUSA@gmail.com.

  • PLEASE READ THE GUIDELINES GIVEN IN HOME PAGE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LIST OF CONTENTS.

  • Your articles and book-length reports should be written following the APA, MLA, LSA, or IJDL Stylesheet.

  • The Editorial Board has the right to accept, reject, or suggest modifications to the articles submitted for publication, and to make suitable stylistic adjustments. High quality, academic integrity, ethics and morals are expected from the authors and discussants.

Copyright © 2024
M. S. Thirumalai

Publisher: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
11249 Oregon Circle
Bloomington, MN 55438
USA
Custom Search

Lexico-Semantic Analysis of Shaikh-ul-Aalam’s(RA) Poetry

Rehana Qasim, M.Phil.

Abstract

Whenever we read poetry or any literature from different ages, we notice that language changes with time, noticeable in Kashmiri literature from different times. Since considering the poetry of Shaikh–ul–Aalam (RA), the specimen of 14th-century Kashmiri literature, the Language of Shruks is perceived to be varied but still closer to our contemporary language, yet it demands an intense research study. The present work explores the lexical change, a Linguistic-based approach to the analysis of literature, specifically, poetry in Kashmiri language with special reference to kalam-e- Shaikh–ul–Aalam (RA) popularly known as Shruks. Lexical and semantic change technically describes a change in a word's usage or meaning and a generational advancement in people's preferences for particular words or phrases. Language changes most commonly occur through lexical changes, which are much more evident than other kinds of language change. Lexical change takes place at various levels hence diverse kinds of linguistic change the Kashmiri lexicon has undergone through the ages have been explored in this paper. Linguists claim that the lexicon is the most volatile part of language and most likely to undergo change due to superstate influence in a language contact situation.

Keywords: Shaikh-ul-Aalam, Poetry and Shruks, Language change, Lexical change, Lexicon.

The Objective of the Study

The purpose of the study is to provide a reference tool for examining the lexical change in the Kashmiri language with the help of the analytical study of the lexicon of the Shruks. This study aims to explore the linguistic change that has taken place in the Kashmiri language in the last 7 centuries. The Study will acquaint readers with historical, cultural, and linguistic aspects of Shaikh–ul–Aalam’s (RA work and the richness of his language use. This Lexical change investigation will be especially valuable to translators and, more importantly, the young generations to read and interpret the Shruks unequivocally.

Research Methodology

This study applies the methods and insights of linguistics to the description and interpretation of Shaikh ul Aalam's poetic diction using discourse-analytical parameters. Literature as a discourse is constructed with language, and for this reason a linguistic study is necessary. Suitable analytical techniques will be applied to examine lexical change in the selected data. Certainly, the implementation of qualitative methods, such as discourse analysis will provide deeper insights into specific instances of lexical change. The comparative method, that is comparison of data from different periods to identify changes like changes in patterns, semantic drift, or lexical borrowing from other languages, will be implied in this study to determine such changes in the Kashmiri lexicon. Moreover, various causes of linguistic change such as sociolinguistic, historical, or cultural factors that may have influenced the observed lexical changes would also be contemplated.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Rehana Qasim, M.Phil.
PhD Research Scholar, University of Kashmir
rqasimshah@gmail.com
Custom Search
  • Click Here to Go to Creative Writing Section

  • Send your articles
    as an attachment
    to your e-mail to
    languageinindiaUSA@gmail.com.
  • Please ensure that your name, academic degrees, institutional affiliation and institutional address, and your e-mail address are all given in the first page of your article. Also include a declaration that your article or work submitted for publication in LANGUAGE IN INDIA is an original work by you and that you have duly acknowledged the work or works of others you used in writing your articles, etc. Remember that by maintaining academic integrity we not only do the right thing but also help the growth, development and recognition of Indian/South Asian scholarship.