South asian english : structure, use, and users Robert J. Baumgardner.
Material type:
- 0252064933 (paperback)
- 9780252064937 (paperback)
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Air University Central Library Islamabad | 428 SOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Written off { Not Available } | Write of 2018 (IBD/AU/231/10/1/LIB) | P8570 |
This volumes examines selected formal and functional characteristics of English in South Asia, where English was introduced in the sixteenth century and now has over fifty million users. An integrative and interdisciplinary collection, the books brings together invited papers by acclaimed creative writers from India and Pakistan and by international linguists and English educators. The five major facets of South Asian English discussed are context and uses: structure and contact; functions and innovations; the curriculum; and the multilingual's creativity. The volume provides current perspectives on complex issues of concern to teachers and students of world Englishes.
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