English in India : Issues & Problems
R.S Gupta, Kapil Kapoor
About the Book
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 :
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.
Contents in Detail
1. Introduction : English in India — Issues and Problems
Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
R.S. Gupta
Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. A Brief Note on Indianisms in Indian English
V.K. Gokak
Retired Professor and Director, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad.
3. English and Imperial Expansion
Tulsi Ram
Professor of English, ( Retired ) Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
4. The Failure of English as a Lingua Franca in India
Anjuli Gupta
Teaches English at Free University, Berlin.
5. English and Indian Culture
N.B. Meena
Associate Professor of English, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
6. English in education
S.K. Sareen
Assistant Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
7. English in Business and Administration
Jennifer Bayer
Research Officer, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore
8. On Varieties of Indian English : Some Questions Regarding Foreign Language Varities
Shyamal Ghosh
Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
9. Sound Patterns of Indian English — A Sociolinguistic Perspective
R.K. Agnihotri
Reader in Linguistics, University of Delhi
10. Indian English Today
R.N. Srivastava
Professor of Linguistics, University of Delhi.
V.P. Sharma
Sr. Lecturer in English, School of Correspondence Courses, University of Delhi.
11. English and Indian Languages : Code-Mixing
R.S. Gupta
Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
12. Teaching Spoken English in India
Kapil Kapoor
Associate Professor of English, Jawahar Nehru University, New Delhi.
13. Writing in the Other Tongue : Expository Prose in Indian English
Yamuna Kachru
Professor of Linguistics, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
14. The Writer as Reader : Speculations on Some Sources of Nineteenth Century Literature in India
Meenakshi Mukherji
Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
15. Impact of English on Indian Literature
Aruna Sitesh
Sr. Lecturer in English, Indra prastha college for Women, University of Delhi.
16. Commitment to the Environment : Indian Poetry in English
G.J.V. Prasad
Assistant Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
EDITORS :
R.S. GUPTA : Dr. R.S. Gupta is Associate Professor of English at Jawahar Lal Nehru University. New Delhi. He has taught Applied Linguistics, Socio-linguistics, English Language Teaching Analysis, and Morden English Poetry, for nearly three decades now. He has published several research papers in these areas. His publications includes Dimensions of Applied Linguistics ( 1989 ) with Prof. R.N. Srivastava as co-author.
KAPIL KAPOOR : Dr. Kapil Kapoor is Associate professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi. He has taught Indian and Western grammatical and literary theories, philosophy of language and 19th century English literature for more than thirty years and has written extensively in these areas. He has five books --- Semantic Structure and the Verb — a Propositional Analysis (1985), Jamia Garding Criteria (1987), English in India (1991), South Asian Love Poetry (1994), Language, Linguistics and Literature : The India Perspective (1994). Three of his books are in press — Text and Interary Theory : The Indian Conceptual structures and Panini and Bhartrihari : Essays on Grammer and philosophy of Language.
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
| Number of Pages | 320 |
| ISBN |
8171880053 |
Academic Foundation (AF), based in New Delhi, is India’s leading independent publisher of academic/scholarly books in Social Sciences, specialising in Economics—Development Economics and Indian Economy in particular, and allied subjects.
About the Book
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 :
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.
Contents in Detail
1. Introduction : English in India — Issues and Problems
Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
R.S. Gupta
Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
2. A Brief Note on Indianisms in Indian English
V.K. Gokak
Retired Professor and Director, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad.
3. English and Imperial Expansion
Tulsi Ram
Professor of English, ( Retired ) Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak
4. The Failure of English as a Lingua Franca in India
Anjuli Gupta
Teaches English at Free University, Berlin.
5. English and Indian Culture
N.B. Meena
Associate Professor of English, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
6. English in education
S.K. Sareen
Assistant Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
7. English in Business and Administration
Jennifer Bayer
Research Officer, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore
8. On Varieties of Indian English : Some Questions Regarding Foreign Language Varities
Shyamal Ghosh
Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India
9. Sound Patterns of Indian English — A Sociolinguistic Perspective
R.K. Agnihotri
Reader in Linguistics, University of Delhi
10. Indian English Today
R.N. Srivastava
Professor of Linguistics, University of Delhi.
V.P. Sharma
Sr. Lecturer in English, School of Correspondence Courses, University of Delhi.
11. English and Indian Languages : Code-Mixing
R.S. Gupta
Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi
12. Teaching Spoken English in India
Kapil Kapoor
Associate Professor of English, Jawahar Nehru University, New Delhi.
13. Writing in the Other Tongue : Expository Prose in Indian English
Yamuna Kachru
Professor of Linguistics, University of Illinois, U.S.A.
14. The Writer as Reader : Speculations on Some Sources of Nineteenth Century Literature in India
Meenakshi Mukherji
Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
15. Impact of English on Indian Literature
Aruna Sitesh
Sr. Lecturer in English, Indra prastha college for Women, University of Delhi.
16. Commitment to the Environment : Indian Poetry in English
G.J.V. Prasad
Assistant Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
EDITORS :
R.S. GUPTA : Dr. R.S. Gupta is Associate Professor of English at Jawahar Lal Nehru University. New Delhi. He has taught Applied Linguistics, Socio-linguistics, English Language Teaching Analysis, and Morden English Poetry, for nearly three decades now. He has published several research papers in these areas. His publications includes Dimensions of Applied Linguistics ( 1989 ) with Prof. R.N. Srivastava as co-author.
KAPIL KAPOOR : Dr. Kapil Kapoor is Associate professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi. He has taught Indian and Western grammatical and literary theories, philosophy of language and 19th century English literature for more than thirty years and has written extensively in these areas. He has five books --- Semantic Structure and the Verb — a Propositional Analysis (1985), Jamia Garding Criteria (1987), English in India (1991), South Asian Love Poetry (1994), Language, Linguistics and Literature : The India Perspective (1994). Three of his books are in press — Text and Interary Theory : The Indian Conceptual structures and Panini and Bhartrihari : Essays on Grammer and philosophy of Language.
| Publisher | AF Press |
| Publication Date | 1991 |
| Number of Pages | 320 |
| ISBN |
8171880053 |
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