LANGUAGE MIXING IN MULTILINGUAL SOCIETIES: A SOCIOLINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF CLASS-BASED VARIATION

Abstract

This paper investigates the sociolinguistic phenomenon of language mixing including code-switching and code-mixing within multilingual societies, specifically examining how these practices vary across different social classes. While language mixing is often viewed as a singular byproduct of globalization, this analysis argues that it serves as a distinct marker of socioeconomic identity and cultural capital. The survey technique is used for this research paper. The research population of this study were the social classes of district Rahim Yar Khan, from which researchers selected targeted population of 300 participants from these classes by using purposive sampling technique. The researchers meets these contributors which were head of the families and distributed questionnaire among them as data collection instrument. The questionnaire was contained on three parts; part A contains on demographic statistics of the research participants; part B comprises on nine close-ended questions and part C consist of one open-ended question. The collected data was later analyzed by using SPSS software and presented in tables and figures. The findings showed that Pakistani social-classes mix languages in a different way due to some economic factors that are effecting language mixing behaviors in Pakistani social-classless. In the end some suggestions were presented by researchers on the base of these findings.