Research in personality seems to be sparse with language as a key variable, particularly in complex societies where individuals have to operate in the system with a language other than his own. Language is viewed to be an instrument for social interaction. It engages people in a network of activity, which yields data for the social scientist to study the contours of social conduct of the individuals who speak it (Ganguly, 1996). Language serves as a means of controlling the actions of others. It serves as a cohesive force uniting human groups and setting them apart from others. As pointed out by Sapir (1933), the fact of common speech is an index of the social solidarity of a group. Behavior is regarded to be constituted of words and actions, while the studies, which centered mainly on actions, would hardly yield data descriptive of unity of behavior characterizing a total man.
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