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Language in South Asia

Title
Language in South Asia / edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S.N. Sridhar.
Publication
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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  • Kachru, Braj B.
  • Kachru, Yamuna.
  • Sridhar, S. N.
Description
xxiv, 608 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Sociolinguistics > South Asia
  • Multilingualism > South Asia
  • Language planning > South Asia
  • Indic philology
  • South Asia > Languages
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
Contents
Language history, families, and typology -- Languages and their functions -- Sanskrit and traditions of language study -- Multilingualism, contact, and convergence -- Orality, literacy, and writing systems -- Language conflicts -- Language and modernization -- Language and discourse -- Language and identity -- Languages in diaspora.
Call Number
JFE 08-3586
ISBN
  • 9780521781411 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 0521781418 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 9780521786539 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0521786533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
2006037011
OCLC
76064675
Title
Language in South Asia / edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S.N. Sridhar.
Imprint
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
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Publisher description
Contributor biographical information
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Kachru, Braj B.
Kachru, Yamuna.
Sridhar, S. N.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-3586
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