Indian English - Rilegato

Sailaja, P.

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0748625941 ISBN 13: 9780748625949

Casa editrice: Edinburgh Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

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 factors* The history of the establishment of English in India, bringing it up to modern times* A description of the linguistic aspects: phonetics and phonology, lexical, discourse and morphosyntactic features* Samples of written English from a range of contexts* Samples of speech* An annotated bibliography divided according to topic.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Sailaja Pingali is Professor at the University of Hyderabad, India.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Edinburgh Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0748625941
• ISBN 13: 9780748625949
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 172