Punjabi language

Punjabi Sikhs were the first South Asians to move to North America. As far back as 1670, a Sikh was mentioned in the diary of a Colonist, as having been encountered in the company of a sea captain. They were a curiosity as South Asian migration had yet to occur. In 1903, a small trickle of Punjabis arrived in North America through Canada and half traveled onto the United States. Of them, the majority were illiterate or semi-literate from farming or military backgrounds. They left minimal records. However, the balance of their group proved to be highly educated professionals and students who diligently recorded their experiences. (Jasbir Singh Kang, UNK) Cultural considerations: Punjabi Sikhs who are Initiated (a public proclamation of adherence…

Before I went there, I searched and read about the Indian culture, specifically, the Punjabi culture, where majority of the Sikh people come from. In order for me to interact with Sikhs, observe and analyze their culture closely, I went to their temple on a Sunday morning when most of the Sikhs go to the temple. However, I discovered that the culture of Indian and the religion of Sikhism contradict each other at some points, which led the Sikhism to be a religious group that forms their own…

This deficit of women has resulted in a bride trafficking practice where women from villages are bought and sometimes kidnapped to be sold as brides to men. In regions like Punjab, the sex ratio is so skewed towards men that wives are often shared between brothers or cousins. In 1994, the Indian government implemented Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act, which only allows pre-conception tests to identify a deformity in the fetus. Although this law still continues to be broken, women’s rights…

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They immigrated to the US with their immediate family members and worked in companies and fields that were dominated by Punjabi Americans. The Bay Area in California has a very large South Asian population with Sikh Temples located in Hayward, Fremont and San Jose. Most Punjabis who immigrant to America are Sikh as well. Being Sikh, the Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples) played a huge role in the post-immigration process. Gurdwaras remain as the preferred destination to celebrate Sikh holidays, meet other…

A central notion is 'stratification', such that language is analysed in terms of four strata: Context, Semantics, Lexico-Grammar and Phonology-Graphology. Context concerns the Field (what is going on), Tenor (the social roles and relationships between the participants), and the Mode (aspects of the channel of communication, e.g., monologic/dialogic, spoken/written, +/- visual-contact, etc.). Systemic semantics includes what is usually called 'pragmatics'. Semantics is divided into three…

“Language is the capacity to gain and utilize complex frameworks of correspondence, especially the human capacity to do as such, and a language is a particular case of such a framework. The logical investigation of language is called linguistics” Estimating the quantity of languages in the world vary between 5,000 and 7,000. Common languages are talked or marked, however any language can be encoded into auxiliary media utilizing sound-related, visual, or material jolts. For instance, in…

Literature as the artifact of culture, it provides significant datum about the social setup and structure, mores and morals, religious ethos and orientation, trends and traditions, values and attitudes of a society in which a protagonist exists or struggles to exist (Spair-Whorf Hypothesis Chapter 1). It is language through which process of construction embarks on issues of identity, cultural, and ideology (Wykes and Gunter 2005:61). It aims to construct, deconstruct or reconstruct the worldview…

Impact of Social Networks on English Language Introduction Online Social Networking is now an integral part of global society, especially amongst teenagers. Sociology is deeply connected to Social Network as social relationships have been the root of social understanding. As George Simmel in Conflict and the Web of Group Affiliations says “Society arises from the individual and the individual arises out of association. Social Network, due to its diverse impacts, has been an as important…

THE IMPACT OF IPADS ON ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS WHO ARE IDENTIFYING AND DEFINING SIGHT WORDS 1. Topic The purpose of this research paper (a) is to examine the effects of how Beginner level English Language Learners best learn high frequency Dolch sight words in terms of identification and application by using an iPad technology, and (b) to evaluate satisfaction and motivation among participants in the use of iPads in the sight word acquisition. The participants will consist of three…