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Record Nr.

UNINA9910717426503321

Titolo

Language Studies in India : Cognition, Structure, Variation / / edited by Rajesh Kumar, Om Prakash

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2023

ISBN

9789811952760

9789811952753

Edizione

[1st ed. 2023.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (378 pages)

Disciplina

016.37

Soggetti

Language and languages - Philosophy

Applied linguistics

Language and languages - Study and teaching

Language acquisition

Philosophy of Language

Applied Linguistics

Language Education

Language Acquisition and Development

Llenguatge i llengües

Ensenyament de la llengua

Adquisició del llenguatge

Llibres electrònics

Índia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. A Troika for 21st Century Indian Linguistics -- Chapter 2. Linguistic Variation, Discourse, and Culture -- Chapter 3. Variation, Conformity, and Possibility: What We Are -- Chapter 4. Representation, Narration and Appropriateness in Hindi-Urdu Fiction -- Chapter 5. Case and Lexical Categories in Dravidian -- Chapter 6. Linguistic and Mental Landscaping in India: Reach and Impact -- Chapter 7. Language Evolution: Theories & Evidence -- Chapter 8. Structure of Language in Multilingual Settings: Some Issues.



Sommario/riassunto

This book addresses a wide range of aspects of the study of language in a variety of domains such as cognition, change, acquisition, structure, philosophy, politics, and education. It offers a renewed discussion on normative understanding of these concepts and opens up avenues for a fresh look at these concepts. Each contribution in this book captures a wide range of perspectives and underlines the vigorous role of language, which happens to be central to the arguments contained therein. The uniqueness of this book lies in the fact that it presents simplified perspective on various complex aspects of language. It addresses a wide range of audiences, who do not necessarily need to have a technical background in linguistics. It focuses on complex relations between language and cognition, politics, education to name a few with reference to cognition, change, and acquisition. This book is for researchers with an interest in the field of language studies, applied linguistics, and socio-linguistics.