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020			_a9781107602212
082			_a306.440954/ _bKac
100			_aKachru, Braj B. (Ed.)
245			_a Language in South Asia
260			_c2008 _bCambridge University Press _aNew Delhi
300			_axxiv; 611p. _c9x6
520			_aSouth Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many hundreds of languages from four major language families representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession, religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading international scholars within the fields of South Asian language and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area studies. Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teaching. Language in South Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning and South Asian studies.
546			_aENG
650			_aSociolinguistics-South Asia
650			_aMultilingualism-South Asia
650			_aLanguage planning-South Asia
650			_aIndic philology
650			_aSouth Asia-Languages
700			_aKachru, Yamuna (Ed.)
700			_aSridhar, S. N. (Ed.)
942			_cBK
999			_c85129 _d85129