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Language in the Indian diaspora : sociolinguistic perspectives / edited by Rajend Mesthrie and Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Indian diaspora--Languages.
- East Indian diaspora.
- East Indians--Languages--Social aspects.
- East Indians.
- India--Emigration and immigration.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (282 pages)
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press Ltd, [2024]
- Summary:
- Examines the role of language in shaping the Indian diaspora experience.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures, Maps and Tables
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- List of Main Symbol Equivalences
- Introduction: Diversity and Diaspora
- 1 Resistance and Reconciliation: Language and Identity Construction among the Internally Displaced Bhils in the Narmada Valley
- 2 Narratives of Displaced Kashmiri Pandits: Mobility, Diasporic Morbidity and the Chronotope of Victimhood
- 3 Patterns of Language Use in the Diaspora Communities in Kolkata
- 4 Diasporic Adjustments and Indian Languages in South Africa
- 5 Language in the South Asian Diaspora in Britain
- 6 Symbolic Value as a Catalyst for Language Maintenance: Sanskrit in the US Diaspora
- 7 Indian Languages in Singapore
- 8 East Indian Languages in the Caribbean Diaspora
- 9 A Sociolinguistic Investigation of the Retention of Ancestral Dialect Features in Kokni Spoken in Cape Town
- 10 The Dialect Roots of Varieties of Gujarati in South Africa
- 11 South African Gujarati Literature: An Inventory and Critical Commentary
- 12 Performing Language Alternation in Multilingual Mauritius: The Conversational Significance of Song Interludes in Everyday Interactions
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781474478380
- 1474478387
- 9781474478373
- 1474478379
- OCLC:
- 1423351669
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