000			02022nam a2200205Ia 4500
999			_c149760 _d149760
020			_a0252064933
040			_cCUS
082			_a427.954 _bBAU/S
245		0	_aSouth Asian English: structure, use and users/ _cedited by Robert J. Baumgardner.
260			_aUrbana: _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c1996.
300			_a286 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
440			_aEnglish in the global context. _918577
505			_a1. 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.
650			_aSouth Asia _95358
650			_aEnglish language _910716
650			_aEnglish language--Social aspects _918578
650			_aEnglish language--Variation _918579
700			_aBaumgardner, Robert J. _918580
942			_cWB16 _01