Contemporary Indian English
Author | : Andreas Sedlatschek |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 385 |
Release | : 2009 |
ISBN-10 | : 9789027248985 |
ISBN-13 | : 9027248982 |
Rating | : 4/5 (85 Downloads) |
Download or read book Contemporary Indian English written by Andreas Sedlatschek and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English.