TY  - BOOK
AU  - Baumgardner,  Robert J. 
TI  - South Asian English: structure, use and users
SN  - 0252064933
U1  - 427.954 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Urbana
PB  - University of Illinois Press
KW  - South Asia
KW  - English language
KW  - English language--Social aspects
KW  - English language--Variation
N1  - 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
ER  -