The English-Vernacular Divide - Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	Multilingual Matters
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Bilingual Education & Bilingualism
Release date:	February 2005
Authors:	Vaidehi Ramanathan
Dimensions:	210 x 148 x 9mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-1-85359-769-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sociolinguistics
LSN:	1-85359-769-4
Barcode:	9781853597695

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