The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice /

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ramanathan, Vaidehi, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Clevedon ; Buffalo : Multilingual Matters, ©2005.
Series:Bilingual education and bilingualism ; 49.
Subjects:
English language > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Political aspects > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Social aspects > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Variation > Commonwealth countries.
Languages in contact > Commonwealth countries.
Postcolonialism > Commonwealth countries.
Anglais (Langue) > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Aspect social > Pays du Commonwealth.
Langues en contact > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Aspect politique > Pays du Commonwealth.
Anglais (Langue) > Variation > Pays du Commonwealth.
Postcolonialisme > Pays du Commonwealth.
Sociolinguistics.
Psycholinguistics.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language
English language > Political aspects
English language > Social aspects
English language > Variation
Language and languages
Languages in contact
Postcolonialism
Landessprache
Klassenstruktur
Sociolinguïstiek.
Postkolonialisme.
Meertaligheid.
Onderwijs.
Engels.
Commonwealth countries > Languages.
Pays du Commonwealth > Langues.
Commonwealth countries
Indien
Englisch.
Computer network resources.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : situating the vernacular in a divisive postcolonial landscape
  • Divisive postcolonial ideologies, language policies, and social practices
  • Divisive and divergent pedagogical tools for vernacular- and English-medium students
  • The divisive politics of tracking
  • Gulfs and bridges revisited : hybridity, nativization, and other loose ends
  • The divisive politics of divergent pedagogical practices at college level.

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