Abstract
The study focuses on Sindhi speaking mothers’ attitudes towards their
mother tongue (Sindhi) and the target languages Urdu and English in an
urban multilingual setting in Karachi. Applying the qualitative
methodology and using interpretive approach the open-ended questions are
asked and interviews are recorded from the five educated mothers living in
Karachi. The help is taken from different existing social and psychological
theories to investigate some of the relevant important issues that need to be
considered in such a context. The study focuses on critical evaluation of
prestige and ideology connotations associated with Sindhi, Urdu and
English in Karachi. The findings show that urban setting creates cognitive
slaveries in the minds of the Sindhi mothers and in turn affects their
language choices for their children.
Dr. Farida Panhwar, Samia Tufail Lone, Dr. Aazadi Fateh Muhammad. (2019) The Looming Extinction Of Sindhi Language In The Urban Context And Role Of A Sindhi Mother, The Women - Annual Research Journal of Gender Studies, Volume-11, Issue-1.
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