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This books examines ' the English
question' with a new freedom of mind. The interrogative
mood has taken over, and there is a critical awareness
that the old assumptions need to be scrutinised and
validated.
The various papers in this edited volume have been
contributed by well known Indian scholars and teachers
of English and linguistics. The editors, in there
Introduction, have provided the contemporary context of
English and a frame of reference for the contributors
but make no attempt to impose or infer a singleness of
voice. The voices in the collection remain Indian,
diverse and authentic.
Sixteen scholars have contributed to this volume which,
among others, discusses the following main issues
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English in Education
English in Business and Administration
English and Indian Culture
English and Imperial Expansion
English and Indian Languages
Indianisms in Indian English
Indian English today
Impact of English on Indian Literature
Indian Poetry in English
Prose in Indian English
Teaching Spoken English in India
Varieties of Indian English
Sound Patterns of Indian English
Failure of English as a Lingua Franca in India
The Contributors include scholars from : The Central
Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad;
the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore; the
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; the Berlin
University (Germany ); the University of Illinois (U.S.A);
Jawaharlal Nehru University (J.N.U., New Delhi); the
University of Delhi; M.D. University, (Haryana)
The Englishers around the world are now a major research
object — a whole range of linguistic, pedagogical and
policy issues are being formulated and investigated.
There are two overriding concerns --- what is the impact
of this essentially ' alien ' language on the native
languages, literatures, society and culture. These
constitute ' the English question '.
The impact of English on Indian literatures and culture
has been analysed not only to take note of and admire
the new themes and forms, and the so called ' modernity
', but also to examine the ' newness ' and ' modernity '
themselves for what they are and for what they are
worth. Thus, a new critical point of view emerges on the
history, sociology, function, impact and future of
English in India.
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