Female Language in Southern Region of Albania

Abstract

The aim of this study is to give a modest presentation of sociolinguistic’state of the female speech in the South Parts of Albania. The difference of gender, as an important factor between people in global studies especially in the last 2 centuries, has risen a great interes. Although, the studies in Albanian language in this direction are fewer. For this study are exploited theoric materials in foreign languages and Albanian. The theoric datas are associated with concret examples taken from the Albanians speakers of this region. Through the extending of many social-linguistic’s issues that are related to the speaker with the communication’s situation, with social classes, with the semantic-lexical and morfo-syntactic selection have tried to describe the social-linguistic’s difference that happen during the organization of generally life (exp. the birth of a child, the wedding, the death, ect.) and the special elements of daily life (exp. The conversations in families, the games, the joking words, ect. Female sex adhere to certain norms, which in the course of cultural history, has become a discipline rather well protected by stringent sanctions. The repertoire of conduct norms in a feminine discourse, according to scales that exist in Albanian society which express respect, friendly or formal addressing enables the interlocutors. Apart from the theoretical research of the twentieth century, especially foreign and local people, this work is based on the elements of (South regions) and Albanian folk lyrics.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s2p168