Language in South Asia /
edited by Braj B Kachru, Yamuna Kachru and S N Sridhar.
- New Delhi ; Cambridge University Press, 2008.
- xxiv, 611 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Table of contents
An overview of the language of South Asia within a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context.
0521781418
Sociolinguistics -- South Asia. Multilingualism -- South Asia.
409.54 / LAN 2008
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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. Table of contents
An overview of the language of South Asia within a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context.
0521781418
Sociolinguistics -- South Asia. Multilingualism -- South Asia.
409.54 / LAN 2008