Language in South Asia
By: edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S.N. Sridhar.
Contributors: Kachru, Braj B.; Kachru, Yamuna.; Sridhar, S. N.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge, UK; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 608
ISBN-13: 9780521781411; 9780521786539
Subjects: Sociolinguistics -- South Asia.; Multilingualism -- South Asia.; Language planning -- South Asia.; Indic philology.; South Asia -- Languages.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
Table of contents: value: Language history, families, and typology; value: Languages and their functions; value: Sanskrit and traditions of language study; value: Multilingualism, contact, and convergence; value: Orality, literacy, and writing systems; value: Language conflicts; value: Language and modernization; value: Language and discourse; value: Language and identity; value: Languages in diaspora.