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100			_aKachru, B. _eEditor _lEnglish _92838
245		0	_aLanguage in South Asia _c/ edited by B. Kachru, Y. Kachru and S. Sridhar. _h[Electronic Resource]
260			_aCambridge _b: Cambridge University Press, _c2008
300			_axxiv, 608p.
520			_aSouth Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many hundreds of languages from four major language families representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession, religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading international scholars within the fields of South Asian language and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area studies. Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teaching. Language in South Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning and South Asian studies.
650			_aAsian Studies _92839
650			_aLanguage _92840
650			_aLinguistics _92841
700			_aKachru, Y. _i[Editor] _92842
700			_aSridhar, S. _i[Editor] _92843
856			_uhttps://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511619069 _qPDF _yClick to Access the Online Book
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