Publication Date: 2023/06/20
Abstract: This study intends to uphold the impacts of Punjabi language for maintaining cultural hierarchy. Punjabi language According to current study preserves cultural hierarchy by cohering to the caste stereotype which has been negated so far by the earlier researchers. The present study conducted survey in order to collect data from people living in Punjab. The data was collected from thirty people from three tehsil of Mandi bahauddin(Malakwal, Phaliaa and Mandi bahauddin). Respondents belonged to different castes including upper and lower castes in district Mandi Bahauddin. The findings of this research based on survey demonstrates that people still use stereotypes related to different castes in Punjab and these stereotypes are the collective social mind set of people that still preserves the cultural hierarchy same as it was back in time.
Keywords: Culture, Communication, Caste stereotype, Punjabi language, Punjabi Culture, Caste system, Mandi Bahauddin.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8058533
PDF: https://ijirst.demo4.arinfotech.co/assets/upload/files/IJISRT23JUN010.pdf
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