TY - BOOK AU - Kachru,Braj B. AU - Kachru,Yamuna AU - Sridhar,S.N. TI - Language in South Asia SN - 9780521781411 (hardback : alk. paper) U1 - 306.440954 LAN 22 PY - 2008/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Sociolinguistics KW - South Asia KW - Multilingualism KW - Language planning KW - Indic philology N1 - 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 ER -