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020 _a0252064933 (paperback)
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100 _a Baumgardner, Robert J.
245 1 0 _aSouth asian english :
_bstructure, use, and users
_cRobert J. Baumgardner.
260 _aChicago
_bUniversity of Illinois Press,
_c1996.
300 _axv; 286 p.
_c23 cm.
490 1 _aEnglish in the global context.
520 _aThis 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.
700 1 _aBaumgardner, Robert J.
_912232
830 0 _aEnglish in the global context.
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856 4 0 _3Amazon.com
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