A LINGUISTIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPLORATION OF LANGUAGE, RIT UAL, AND IDENTITY IN TIARET

Abstract

The present study sets out to explore Tiarti society’s cultural scape within the purview of linguistic anthropology. It seeks to unveil the common cultural practices Tiartis partake in and preserve still, while also looking into the semantic as well as the pragmatic aspect. This study is principally a descriptive, ethnographic one. Wherein the researcher conducts non-numerical research that focalizes interpretation and in-depth understanding of social practices. It draws on ethnographic interviews and applies Malinowski’s ‘context of situation’ along with ‘context of culture’ as analysis models. The respondents were senior Tiartis. The results of this study may assert the variety of said practices and their relevancy. The study presents a true to life depiction of the Tiarti society through detailing the particular circumstances in which these rituals take place, the exclusivity or lack thereof, and the evolutions some of them have undergone. By extension, it highlights the significance of rituals as a means of self-expression and marker of identity