Indian English / / Pingali Sailaja [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Sailaja P (Pingali), <1962->
• Pubblicazione: Edinburgh : , : Edinburgh University Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (x, 172 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 427.954
• Soggetto topico: English language - Dialects - India; English language - India
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 159-168) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Phonetics and phonology -- Morphosyntax -- Lexis and discourse -- History and changes in progress -- Survey of previous work and annotated bibliography -- Sample texts.
• Sommario/riassunto: This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian English is a second language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history it has acquired its own character, yet still looks to native varieties of English for norms. The complex nature of Indian English, which is not really a monolithic entity, is discussed in this book. The book also makes a distinction between what are considered to be standard and non-standard varieties, and provides an overview of the salient features. Indian English includes: *A discussion of the sociolinguistic and cultural factors *The history of the establishment of English in India, bringing it up to modern times *A description of the linguistic aspects: phonetics and phonology, lexical, discourse and morphosyntactic features *Samples of written English from a range of contexts *Samples of speech *An annotated bibliography divided according to topic.
• Titolo autorizzato: Indian English
• ISBN: 9786612058974; 0-7486-7143-9; 1-282-05897-5; 0-7486-3125-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454559103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Dialects of English.