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Contemporary Indian English : variation and change / Andreas Sedlatschek.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sedlatschek, Andreas.
- Series:
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. 38.
- Varieties of English around the world. General series ; v. G38
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Variation--India.
- English language.
- Linguistic change--India.
- Linguistic change.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change offers the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English. The aims are to document the extent of lexical and grammatical nativization at the beginning of the twenty-first century and compare contemporary Indian English to other varieties around the world (for example British and American English). The results are relevant to sociolinguists, variationists and lexicologists seeking to investigate ongoing language change in emerging standard varieties of English. With its strong empirical foundation and its comparative outlook, the book is also of interest to anyone looking for an introduction to the corpus-based description of varieties of English.
- Contents:
- Prelim pages
- Table of contents
- Map
- Abbreviations
- List of figures & tables
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1. Introduction
- Chapter 2. Theoretical, methodological and descriptive framework
- Chapter 3. Vocabulary
- Chapter 4. Lexicosyntax
- Chapter 5. Morphosyntax and grammar at the sentence level
- Chapter 6. Conclusion
- References
- Appendices
- Index
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [317]-329) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612104190
- 9781282104198
- 1282104195
- 9789027290120
- 9027290121
- OCLC:
- 429509699
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