ABSTRACT

The present paper describes and analyses multilingualism and language use in urban Vellore. In the situation of urban Vellore, together with multilingual immigrants, multilingualism is stimulated with the business motive, to earn livelihood and for social integration. Interviews are conducted with 31 respondents who are skilled in employing at least three distinct languages in their regular communication. The study highlights the presence of different languages in Vellore’s verbal repertoire. There is also a discussion of the participants’ perspective on multilingualism which is mostly positive. The phenomenon of multilingualism in Vellore sometimes also stems as a survival strategy of people in their new surroundings.

摘要

本文描述并分析了韦洛尔城市的多语种和语言使用。在城市韦洛尔的情况下，与多语种移民一起，多语种受到商业动机、谋生和社会融合的刺激。采访了 31 名在日常交流中熟练使用至少三种不同语言的受访者。该研究强调了 Vellore 的语言曲目中存在不同的语言。还讨论了参与者对多语制的看法，这大多是积极的。Vellore 的多种语言现象有时也源于人们在新环境中的生存策略。