An investigation of sociolinguistic situation of Zaramo language: a case study of Kisarawe district

Rashid, Salum

dc.creator	Rashid, Salum
dc.date	2019-08-17T08:43:40Z
dc.date	2019-08-17T08:43:40Z
dc.date	2015
dc.date.accessioned	2022-10-20T13:54:33Z
dc.date.available	2022-10-20T13:54:33Z
dc.identifier	Rashid, S. (2015). An investigation of socio linguistic situation of Zaramo language: A case study of Kisarawe district
dc.identifier	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/713
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12661/713
dc.description	Dissertation (MA Linguistics)
dc.description	The study intended to investigate the socio-linguistic situation of Zaramo language. The main focus of the study was to assess the inter generational transmission of Zaramo language from elders to the youth, to examine the trends of Zaramo existing domains of language use where Zaramo language is highly expected to be used and to explore the attitude of Zaramo speakers towards their language so as to understand if they are proud of their language or they feel ashamed of it and they don‟t want to be identified with Zaramo culture. Different techniques were employed in the whole process of data collection such techniques included questionnaires, socio-linguistic interviews and observation. Also the study employed both qualitative and quantitative approaches of data analysis The study revealed that Zaramo language has ceased to be used in some of the important domains such as traditional ceremonies; also the attitude of the youths towards their language is not much positive compared to that of the elders. Transmission of Zaramo ethnic community language to the next generation is very low hence presence of very few number of new speakers of Zaramo language. Moreover the study identified that people have ceased to use Zaramo language as it is not the language of prestige, education and employment. The researcher recommended that researches be conducted on ECL,s so as to ensure the existence of ethnic community languages, otherwise they will slowly disappear and people will lose their cultural heritage and identities.
dc.publisher	The University of Dodoma
dc.subject	Socio-linguistic
dc.subject	Linguistic
dc.subject	Zaramo
dc.subject	Zaramo language
dc.subject	Kisarawe
dc.subject	Tanzania
dc.subject	Socio-linguistic situation
dc.subject	Zaramo language speakers
dc.subject	Zaramo culture
dc.subject	ECL
dc.subject	Ethnic Community Languages
dc.subject	Inter generational transmission
dc.title	An investigation of sociolinguistic situation of Zaramo language: a case study of Kisarawe district
dc.type	Dissertation