16.534, Books: Sociolinguistics, English: Ramanathan

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Date: 22-Feb-2005
From: Kathryn King < marketing at multilingual-matters.com >
Subject: The English-Vernacular Divide: Ramanathan 

	
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 10:21:53
From: Kathryn King < marketing at multilingual-matters.com >
Subject: The English-Vernacular Divide: Ramanathan 
 



Title: The English-Vernacular Divide 
Subtitle: Post colonial Language Politics and Practice 
Series Title: Bilingual Education & Bilingualism  

Publication Year: 2005 
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
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Book URL: http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ 


Author: Vaidehi Ramanathan, University of California

Hardback: ISBN: 1853597708 Pages: 152 Price: U.S. $ 79.95
Hardback: ISBN: 1853597708 Pages: 152 Price: U.K. £ 44.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1853597694 Pages: 152 Price: U.K. £ 17.95
Paperback: ISBN: 1853597694 Pages: 152 Price: U.S. $ 29.95


Abstract:

This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in
postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some
local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based
divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues
that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve
directly around the general positioning of English in relation to
vernacular languages.  The author was raised and schooled in the Indian
educational system. 



Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (ENG)


Written In: English  (ENG)
	
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