South Asian English
Subtitle: Structure, Use, and Users (English in the Global Context)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: January 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780252021961
Subjects: Language & Linguistics; English Language (General); Reference; English; Language; General; Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics; English language; Social aspects; South Asia; Variation
First sentence: In a perceptive study a distinguished professor of English in India, Nagarajan (1981), observes that the current position of the English language in India shares two characteristics with that of India's cows: reverence for them and indifference to their continuous decline.