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050 00 $aPE3502.S64$bS68 1996
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245 00 $aSouth Asian English :$bstructure, use, and users /$cedited by Robert J. Baumgardner.
260 $aUrbana :$bUniversity of Illinois Press,$c[1996], ©1996.
300 $axx, 286 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aEnglish in the global context
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [247]-267) and index.
505 00 $tSeries Editor's Preface /$rBraj B. Kachru --$tIntroduction /$rRobert J. Baumgardner --$g1.$tSouth Asian English: Toward an Identity in Diaspora /$rBraj B. Kachru --$g2.$tEnglish in South Asia: Imperialist Legacy and Regional Asset /$rCharles A. Ferguson --$g3.$tAttitudes toward English: The Future of English in South Asia /$rRichard W. Bailey --$g4.$tToward a Syntax of South Asian English: Defining the Lectal Range /$rS. N. Sridhar --$g5.$tUsing Computer Corpora in the Description of Language with Special Reference to Complementation in Indian English /$rS. V. Shastri --$g6.$tSome Features of Nepali Newspaper English /$rYugeshwar P. Verma --$g7.$tThe Relationship of New Englishes and Linguistic Theory: A Cognitive-Based Grammar of Nepali English /$rBeverly S. Hartford --$g8.$tSyntactic "Deletion" in Lankan English: Learning from a New Variety of English about... /$rThiru Kandiah --$g9.$tLanguage and Cultural Meaning: Expository Writing in South Asian English /$rYamuna Kachru --
505 80 $g10.$tThe Pragmatics of South Asian English /$rKamal K. Sridhar --$g11.$tNativization of Job Applications in South Asia /$rV. K. Bhatia --$g12.$tInnovation in Pakistani English Political Lexis /$rRobert J. Baumgardner --$g13.$tAcceptability and English Curriculum Change in Bangladesh /$rA. M. M. Hamidur Rahman --$g14.$tThe Ideational Function of English in Sri Lanka /$rChitra Fernando --$g15.$tA Coat of Many Colors /$rAnita Desai --$g16.$tCreative Processes in Pakistani English Fiction /$rBapsi Sidhwa --$tAfterword /$rSidney Greenbaum.
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.
520 8 $aThe 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.
650 0 $aEnglish language$zSouth Asia.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zSouth Asia.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xSocial aspects$zSouth Asia.
700 1 $aBaumgardner, Robert Jackson.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88677996
830 0 $aEnglish in the global context.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n90654055
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