TY  - JOUR
T1  - The Zone of Ethnolinguistic Social Networking (ZonES) in Khalaj Turkic: A Model for Language Endangerment
TT  - Halaççada Etnodilbilimsel Ağ Canlılığı Alanı (ZonES): Bir Dilin Tehlikeye Girmesini Saptamak için Model
AU  - Akkuş, Mehmet
AU  - Sağın Şimşek, Çiğdem
PY  - 2022
DA  - December
DO  - 10.18492/dad.1126225
JF  - Dilbilim Araştırmaları Dergisi
JO  - JLR
PB  - Dilbilim Derneği
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1300-8552
SP  - 221
EP  - 245
VL  - 33
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Social network and ethnolinguistic vitality have been separately studied in various language constellations with different speech communities and participant profiles so far. However, studies focusing on the interplay between social networks and ethnolinguistic vitality are quite scarce, even though the number of endangered languages is increasing in number. Adopting a mixed-hybrid model involving social network theory and ethnolinguistic vitality, this study aims to investigate whether the interplay between language vitality and language use in constructing or maintaining social networks could be observed in Khalaj-Persian by observing 26 multilingual Khalaj-Persian individuals. The data was collected through semi-structured interviews, field work notes, and a language use questionnaire. The effect of generational difference was also manipulated by dividing the participants into three generation groups (older, middle-aged, and younger) based on their ages. The findings revealed that there was an intimate relation between language use in networking and ethnolinguistic vitality for predicting language endangerment with its limitations. The intergenerational analysis showed that the older participants were more inclined to use their heritage language, i.e., Khalaj, with Khalaj-speaking individuals whenever possible, while the younger participants tended to use Persian predominantly in their social networks.
KW  - Khalaj
KW  - zone of ethnolinguistic networking vitality
KW  - field work
KW  - endangered language(s)
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