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Language in South Asia / edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S.N. Sridhar.
- 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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- Description
- xxiv, 608 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "This volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. Language in South Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning and South Asian studies."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780521781411 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 0521781418 (hardback : alk. paper)
- 9780521786539 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0521786533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006037011
- OCLC
- 76064675
- SCSB-12226315
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library