Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics - Rilegato

Singh, Rajendra; Dasgupta, Probal; Lele, Jayant K.

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ISBN 10: 0803992386 ISBN 13: 9780803992382

Casa editrice: Sage Pubns Pvt Ltd, 1995

Riassunto

"The book is likely to affect the direction of sociolinguistics research in India, not so much on account of the originality of its argument concerning the object and scope of sociolinguistic investigations, as on account of clearly articulating and bringing to focus the current reformist ideas on the Indian sociolinguistic scene. The present review is intended to document the influential role that the book is likely to play in the intellectual freedom of sociolinguistic studies in India.... The book presents a clear theoretical perspective on sociolinguistics in the developing world. It is essential reading in that area."--IASSI QuarterlyPushing sociolinguistics to the crisis point, Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics provides and extends a critique of correlation paradigm research that most accept as sociolinguistics. The editors argue that all serious work in both linguistics and sociology demand that certain critical standards be met and that what normally passes for sociolinguistics does not meet the critical standards for either discipline. They maintain that sociology is about not taking social appearances for granted, while linguistics is concerned with looking at the underlying processes that "make language tick." The contributors contend that the focus of critical reexamination in linguistics and sociology should be the native speaker of a language. It is the native speaker that provides a "psychologically real" context for any scholarly effort at reexamination.A thought-provoking volume that will be of interest to those in the fields of linguistics, sociology, sociolinguistics, generative grammar, language, and literature and society.

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`The book presents a clear theoretical perspective on sociolinguistics in the developing world. It is essential reading in that area' - IASSI Quarterly

Contenuti

Foreword - Udaya Narayana Singh
Introduction - Rajendra Singh, Probal Dasgupta and Jayant K Lele
The Autonomy of Phonological Variables - Rajendra Singh and Alan Ford
Schwa Deletion in Hindi and Other Objects of Wonder
The Autonomy of Social Variables - Rajendra Singh and Jayant K Lele
The Indian Evidence Revisited
Modern Hindustani and Formal and Social Aspects of Language Contact - Rajendra Singh
Communication in a Multilingual Society - Rajendra Singh, Jayant K Lele and Gita Martohardjono
Some Missed Opportunities
Language, Power and Cross-Sex Communication Strategies in Hindi and Indian English Revisited - Rajendra Singh and Jayant K Lele
We, They and Us - Rajendra Singh
A Note on Code-Switching and Stratification in North India
On the Sociolinguistics of English in India - Probal Dasgupta
Sanskrit and Indian English - Probal Dasgupta
Some Linguistic Considerations
The Image of Sanskrit - Probal Dasgupta
Structuralism and its Brahminical Antecedents
Review of Gumperz, Language and Social Identity - Rajendra Singh and Gita Martohardjono
Review of Bhatia, A History of the Hindi Grammatical Tradition - Rajendra Singh

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Sage Pubns Pvt Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 1995
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0803992386
• ISBN 13: 9780803992382
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 258
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile