10.26181/5f1fc7923726e
Lauren Gawne
Lauren
Gawne
Gerald Roche
Gerald
Roche
Ruth Gamble
Ruth
Gamble
"The bus doesn’t stop for us”: Multilingualism, attitudes and identity in songs of a Tibetic community of Nepal
La Trobe
2020
Nepal
Tibetic
Songs
Language Attitudes
Multilingualism
identity
Linguistic Anthropology
2020-07-28 06:42:02
Journal contribution
https://opal.latrobe.edu.au/articles/journal_contribution/_The_bus_doesn_t_stop_for_us_Multilingualism_attitudes_and_identity_in_songs_of_a_Tibetic_community_of_Nepal/12726812
<div>This paper draws on song texts from two corpora of Syuba, a Southern Tibetic language of Nepal. The songs have rich, interlinking themes relevant to language, identity and the situated context of Syuba people. We draw upon the texts to illustrate themes of identity, relationship, language, development and space. This analysis is grounded in an interdisciplinary approach bringing together linguistic, anthropological and historical perspectives. Through these themes, we come to a nuanced account of a minority language group, who see themselves as Syuba, Yolmo, Tibetan and Nepali, and how these multiple identities co-exist.<br></div>