Language in South Asia /
edited by Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, and S.N. Sridhar.
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xxiv, 608 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
Language history, families, and typology -- Languages and their functions -- Sanskrit and traditions of language study -- Multilingualism, contact, and convergence -- Orality, literacy, and writing systems -- Language conflicts -- Language and modernization -- Language and discourse -- Language and identity -- Languages in diaspora.
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Sociolinguistics--South Asia.
Multilingualism--South Asia.
Language planning--South Asia.
Indic philology.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
Language history, families, and typology -- Languages and their functions -- Sanskrit and traditions of language study -- Multilingualism, contact, and convergence -- Orality, literacy, and writing systems -- Language conflicts -- Language and modernization -- Language and discourse -- Language and identity -- Languages in diaspora.
9780521781411 (hardback : alk. paper) 0521781418 (hardback : alk. paper) 9780521786539 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0521786533 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Sociolinguistics--South Asia.
Multilingualism--South Asia.
Language planning--South Asia.
Indic philology.
306.440954 LAN