The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice [Paperback] [Jan 01, 2005] VAIDEHI RAMANATHAN

By Vaidehi Ramanathan

Book Overview

This book explores the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. It focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide. It argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value revolve around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1853597694
• ISBN13: 9781853597695
• Release Date: February 2005
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters Limited
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.1"