The English-Vernacular Divide
Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice| By: | Vaidehi Ramanathan |
| Publisher: | Ingram Publisher Services UK- Academic |
| Print ISBN: | 9781853597695 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781853597718 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2005 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
Lifetime - $18.75
eBook Features
Instant Access
Purchase and read your book immediately
Read Offline
Access your eTextbook anytime and anywhere
Study Tools
Built-in study tools like highlights and more
Read Aloud
Listen and follow along as Bookshelf reads to you
Details
Table of Contents
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.