Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism). To get started finding The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
160
Format
PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
—
Release
2005
ISBN
1853597716
The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism)
Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism). To get started finding The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education and Bilingualism), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.