32.2567, Books: The Anglo-Indians in Hyderabad: Joseph

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Date: Thu, 05 Aug 2021 18:30:15
From: Smita Joseph [smita at efluniversity.ac.in]
Subject: The Anglo-Indians in Hyderabad: Joseph

 


Title: The Anglo-Indians in Hyderabad 
Subtitle: Sociolinguistic, Historical, and Anthropological Perspectives 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: Smita Joseph
	   
	

Book URL: https://primusbooks.com/the-anglo-indians-in-hyderabad-socio-linguistic-historical-and-anthropological-perspectives/ 


Author: Smita Joseph

Hardback: ISBN:  9789390232574 Pages: 210 Price: U.S. $ 44.95


Abstract:

The book discusses the use of various strategies by which Christian names have
adapted according to their ecology in the Indian context. It provides new
dimensions in the field of socio-onomastics. It gives a fascinating account of
how the Anglo-Indians of Hyderabad maintain their ethnic identity through the
use of proper names and slang. The data on slang and names has been elicited
through a combination of interviews, surveys and ethnographic methods. The
relationship between ethnicity and language has been explored by comparing the
usage of slang across three age groups, as well as by comparing the usage of
proper names across three decades. The status of slang and names as ethnic
markers has been examined through the use of statistics. 

Full of new insights, the book will be of interest to students and researchers
in the area of linguistics, history and anthropology. It will also appeal to
the Anglo-Indians and the Syrian Christians of Kerala whose names have been
compared with those of the Anglo-Indians of Hyderabad. Since jargon and
technical terms have been avoided, the book will also appeal to the general
reader.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Malayalam (mal)


Written In: English  (eng)

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http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=155513




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