South Asian English: structure, use and users/
South Asian English: structure, use and users/
edited by Robert J. Baumgardner.
- Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996.
- 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- English in the global context. .
1. Contexts and issues.
South Asian English: toward an identity in diaspora / Braj B. Kachru --
English in South Asia: imperialist legacy and regional asset / Charles A. Ferguson --
Attitudes toward English: the future of English in South Asia / Richard W. Bailey.
2. Structure and contact.
Toward a syntax of South Asian English: defining the lectal range / S. N. Sridhar --
Using computer corpora in the description of language with special reference to complementation in Indian English / S. V. Shastri --
Some features of Nepali newspaper English / Beverly S. Hartford --
Syntactic "deletion" in Lankan Englishes: learning from a new variety of English / Thiru Kandiah
.
3. Functions and innovations.
Language and cultural meaning: expository writing in South Asian English / Yamuna Kachru --
The pragmatics of South Asian English / Kamal K. Sridhar --
Nativization of job applications in South Asia / V. K. Bhatia Innovation in Pakistani English political lexis / Robert J. Baumgardner.
4. The curriculum.
Acceptability and English curriculum change in Bangladesh / A. M. M. Hamidur Rahman --
The ideational function of English in Sri Lanka / Chitra Fernando.
5. English and the multilingual's creativity.
A coat of many colors / Anita Desai --
Creative processes in Pakistani English fiction / Bapsi Sidhwa.
Afterword
Sidney Greenbaum.
0252064933
South Asia
English language
English language--Social aspects
English language--Variation
427.954 / BAU/S
1. Contexts and issues.
South Asian English: toward an identity in diaspora / Braj B. Kachru --
English in South Asia: imperialist legacy and regional asset / Charles A. Ferguson --
Attitudes toward English: the future of English in South Asia / Richard W. Bailey.
2. Structure and contact.
Toward a syntax of South Asian English: defining the lectal range / S. N. Sridhar --
Using computer corpora in the description of language with special reference to complementation in Indian English / S. V. Shastri --
Some features of Nepali newspaper English / Beverly S. Hartford --
Syntactic "deletion" in Lankan Englishes: learning from a new variety of English / Thiru Kandiah
.
3. Functions and innovations.
Language and cultural meaning: expository writing in South Asian English / Yamuna Kachru --
The pragmatics of South Asian English / Kamal K. Sridhar --
Nativization of job applications in South Asia / V. K. Bhatia Innovation in Pakistani English political lexis / Robert J. Baumgardner.
4. The curriculum.
Acceptability and English curriculum change in Bangladesh / A. M. M. Hamidur Rahman --
The ideational function of English in Sri Lanka / Chitra Fernando.
5. English and the multilingual's creativity.
A coat of many colors / Anita Desai --
Creative processes in Pakistani English fiction / Bapsi Sidhwa.
Afterword
Sidney Greenbaum.
0252064933
South Asia
English language
English language--Social aspects
English language--Variation
427.954 / BAU/S