Author: Braj B. KachruPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Bilingualism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
The Indianization of English
Author: Braj B. KachruPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Bilingualism
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Register Variation in Indian English
Author: Chandrika BalasubramanianPublisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027289034
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Register Variation in Indian English constitutes the first large-scale empirical investigation of an international variety of English. Using a combination of the corpus compiled for this project and relevant sections of ICE-India as its database, this work tests existing descriptions and characterizations of English in India, and provides the first empirical account of register variation in Indian English (or indeed, any international variety of English). Included in this survey are linguistic features that have been examined before and others that have not. From an empirical standpoint, it comments on the process of Indianization of the English used in India. The book will be of interest to readers beyond specialists of Indian English as it is one of very few studies to undertake a large-scale corpus analysis for the purpose of dialect research. The book provides a model on which future studies of international Englishes can be based.
Indianisation of English
Author: Sumana BandyopadhyayPublisher: Concept Publishing Company
ISBN: 9788180697036
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
The Indianization of English
Author: Braj B. KachruPidgins and Creoles
Author: Professor Loreto ToddPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134939299
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
The focus of this study is upon those pidgins and creoles which are English based and which have arisen since the fifteenth century. The book examines the widespread nature of the pidgin/creole phenomenon and evaluates the current definitions of the terms and the theories which have been advanced to account for their existence. The author considers the potential of pidgins and creoles as literary media and as vehicles for education. She looks at the sociological and psychological implications of using pidgins and creoles in the classroom and examines the position of American `Black English' and `London Jamaican' in the pidgin/creole continuum.
The Indianness of Rudyard Kipling
Author: S. S. Azfar HusainPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 246
Book Description
Indian English
Author: Sailaja PingaliPublisher: Edinburgh University Press
ISBN: 0748631259
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian English is a second language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history it has acquired its own character, yet still looks to native varieties of English for norms. The complex nature of Indian English, which is not really a monolithic entity, is discussed in this book. The book also makes a distinction between what are considered to be standard and non-standard varieties, and provides an overview of the salient features. Indian English includes: * A discussion of the sociolinguistic and cultural factors* The history of the establishment of English in India, bringing it up to modern times* A description of the linguistic aspects: phonetics and phonology, lexical, discourse and morphosyntactic features* Samples of written English from a range of contexts* Samples of speech* An annotated bibliography divided according to topic.
Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army
Author: Chandar S. SundaramPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1498579523
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
**Short-listed for the Society for Army Historical Research UK's Templer Medal Best First Book Prize, 2020** In the Indian Army of the British Raj, the officer corps was “reserved for the governing race”— in other words, the British. Only in 1917, a mere thirty years before India won its freedom, did the Raj permit Indians into the Army’s officer corps, thus slowly beginning its Indianization. Yet it is often forgotten that this decision was the culmination of a hundred-year-long debate. Based on meticulous archival research in Britain and India, Indianization, the Officer Corps, and the Indian Army breaks new ground by offering readers the first detailed account of this generally forgotten debate. It traces the myriad schemes and counter-schemes the debate generated, the complex twists and turns it took, and how it engaged both British policymakers anxious to maintain control as well as nationalist Indian leaders agitating for greater self-government. This work also offers insights into the martial races concept, the 1857 uprising, and the impact of Anglo-Indian ideology upon the Indian Army. Clearly written and carefully argued, it is an original and defining contribution to military/war and society history, the history of colonial India and its army, the history of British empire, the history of racism, and civil-military relations.
In Search of Indian English
Author: Ranjan Kumar AuddyPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1000708470
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This book presents a historical account of the development of an acrolectal variety of the English language in colonial India. It highlights the phenomenon of Indianization of the English language and its significance in the articulation of the Indian identity in pre-Independence India. This volume also discusses the sociocultural milieu in which English became the first choice for writers and political leaders. Using examples primarily from the writings of Rammohan Roy, Bankimchandra, Krupabai Satthianadhan, and Gandhi and from the speeches of Vivekananda, Tagore, and Subhas Bose, this book argues that prose written in English in the nineteenth and the early twentieth century scripted a nationalist discourse through its appropriation of the colonizer’s language. It also examines how these works, which absorbed elements of Indian culture and languages, paved the path for the emergence of Indian English as a distinct dialect of the English language. This book will be useful for teachers, scholars, and students of English literature, linguistics, and cultural studies. It will also be of use to general readers interested in the history of the English language and the history of modern India.
Vaishali and the Indianization of Arakan
Author: Noel F. SingerPublisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788131304051
Category : Arakan State (Burma)
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Arakan (Rakhaing) situated on the western part of Myanmar.