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Magahi is a Bihari language that belongs to the Eastern Indo-Aryan language family. Historically, it has often been classified as a dialect of Maithili. Constitutionally, it has been included as one of the dialects of the Hindi language. However, its speakers assert its distinct identity. The copular verbs “rah" and "hal" have been documented in Magahi, as noted in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India (1903). However, Grierson’s study serves primarily as an initial exploration and does not account for the variation in copular forms with extralinguistic factors such as caste, class, education, and mobility. In the present study, we adopt a diachronic sociohistorical variationist approach to examine the longstanding linguistic variations within the Magahi language.
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Linguistic Variation, Dialect Contact, Dialect Continuum, Diffusion
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"A Variationist Sociolinguistic Study of Copular Verbs in Magahi ", International Journal of Science & Engineering Development Research (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 1, page no.a41-a49, January-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2501009.pdf
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