Indian English:

GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748625956');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 fo...

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Main Author: Pingali, Sailaja (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press [2022]
Series:Dialects of English : DIEN
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Online Access:DE-1046
DE-1043
DE-858
DE-859
DE-860
DE-739
DE-473
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Summary:GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup('ISBN:9780748625956');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 factorsThe history of the establishment of English in India, bringing it up to modern timesA description of the linguistic aspects: phonetics and phonology, lexical, discourse and morphosyntactic featuresSamples of written English from a range of contextsSamples of speechAn annotated bibliography divided according to topic.
Item Description:Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Mrz 2022)
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (184 pages)
ISBN:9780748631254
DOI:10.1515/9780748631254

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