Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

Indian Englishes in the Twenty-First Century

by Sven LeuckertClaudia Lange Tobias Bernaisch and others
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 30/11/2023

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English fulfils important intra- and international functions in 21st century India. However, the country's size in terms of area, population, and linguistic diversity means that completely uniform developments in Indian English (IndE) are unlikely. Using sophisticated corpus-linguistic and statistical methods, this Element explores the unity and diversity of IndE by providing studies of selected lexical and morphosyntactic features that characterise Indian English(es) in the 21st century. The findings indicate a degree of incipient 'supralocalisation', i.e. a spread of features beyond their place of origin, cutting through the typological Indo-Aryan vs. Dravidian divide.

ISBN:
9781009323819
9781009323819
Category:
linguistics
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
30-11-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press

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