The otherness of English : India's auntie tongue syndrome

Author(s)

• Dasgupta, Probal

Bibliographic Information

The otherness of English : India's auntie tongue syndrome

Probal Dasgupta

（Language and development, v. 1）

Newbury Park ; Sage Publications, 1993

• : hbk(us)
• : hbk(India)

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [220]-223) and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book offers a unique interpretation of the content of the English language in India. Presenting an interdisciplinary account based on his critique of earlier research, the author explains the reasons for the poverty of modern India's English and the role it plays in the general process of modernization and demonstrates how it occupies a functional slot in India's linguistic space.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Udaya Narayana Singh Introduction Diglossia Discourses Heteronomy Normativity India/Bharat Conclusion

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Details

• NCID: BA40619311
• ISBN:
  • 0803994567
  • 8170363144
• LCCN: 92026940
• Country Code: ii
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New Delhi
• Pages/Volumes: 228 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P115.5.I4
  • DC20 : 306.4/46/0954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Multilingualism -- India
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- India
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA26120828