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100			_aKachru,Braj (ed.)
245		0	_aLanguage in South Asia
260			_aCambridge
260			_bCUP
260			_c2008
300			_a608p.
365			_b9000
365			_dRS
520			_aSouth Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many hundreds of languages from four major language families representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession, religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading international scholars within the fields of South Asian language and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area studies. Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teaching. Language in South Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning and South Asian studies.
650			_aSouth Asia - languages
700			_a Kachru , Yamuna (ed.)
700			_aSridhar , S . N (ed.)
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