Reinhold, Beate, Neue Entwicklungen in der Wakhi-Sprache von Gojal (Nordpakistan). Bildung, Migration und Mehrsprachigkeit
2007; Brill; Volume: 49; Issue: 3-4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/s10783-007-9023-4
ISSN1572-8536
Autores Tópico(s)China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations
ResumoWakhi, spoken in various dialects in Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Pakistan and China, is one of the major extant East Iranian languages. Belonging to the group of Pamir languages, it was described chiefly by D.L.R. Lorimer1, G. Morgenstierne2, A.L. Grjunberg3, I.M. Steblin-Kamenski4 and T.N. Pakhalina5. The 13 texts published in this volume are taken out of a whole of 38 texts collected by B. Reinhold in the course of her fieldwork in the years 1990–92 and 1999 in the Gojal valley in Northern Pakistan. The texts are published in transcription, followed by an almost literal German translation. In order to give a realistic picture of the narrative style and structure R. has transcribed the texts as they were recorded, preserving anacolutha, interjections and repetitions, and she has tried to render such features in her translation as well. Numerous footnotes provide explanations and additional information. By means of this method which is inspired by ethno-linguistic approaches centred on the actual performance of verbal utterances, R. attempts to gain insight into “new developments in the Wakhi language of Gojal”. By these new developments one has to understand the changes the language undergoes when Wakhi speakers are exposed to foreign language influence. R.’s fieldwork was carried through at a crucial time in this respect, for a significant number of Wakhi speakers of Gojal were still monolingual while an increasing number of speakers already had acquired knowledge of foreign languages.
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