Indian English: texts and interpretation
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1. Verfasser: Mehrotra, Raja Ram (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. Co. ©1998
Schriftenreihe:Varieties of English around the world v. 7
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-148) and index
INDIAN ENGLISH TEXTS AND INTERPRETATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; FOREWORD; 1. INTRODUCTION; 1.1. English in India; 1.2. Indian English; 1.3. About the selection of texts in this volum; 2. LITERARY TEXTS; 1. Khushwant Singh, Train to Pakistan; 2. Raja Rao, Kanthapura; 3. Krishna Gorowara, "Indo-Anglians in Anglia"; 4. R. Parthasarathy, "What is Your Good Name, Please?"; 5. Nissim Ezekiel, "Goodbye Party for Miss Pushpa T.S."; 6. Kaiser Haq, "Civil Service Romance (For Nissim Ezekiel)"; 7. Shiv K. Kumar, "An Indian Mango Vendor."
Indian English, or rather, the forms of English used in India, have long been a topic of interest for laymen and scholars. For generations, the 'exotic' nature of the transplanted language was commented on, often ridiculed as a matter of unintentional comic. It was only from the 1960s onwards that the local forms of English were recognized for what they are - adaptations of the world language to local needs, and varying to an enormous degree, depending on the speakers' (and writers') education and the uses they make of the language. This acknowledgement came mainly from abroad (and still does)
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