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This volumes examines selected formal and functional characteristics of English in South Asia, where English was introduced in the sixteenth century and now has over fifty million users. An integrative and interdisciplinary collection, the books brings together invited papers by acclaimed creative writers from India and Pakistan and by international linguists and English educators. The five major facets of South Asian English discussed are context and uses: structure and contact; functions and innovations; the curriculum; and the multilingual's creativity. The volume provides current perspectives on complex issues of concern to teachers and students of world Englishes.
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- PublisherUniversity of Illinois Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0252021967
- ISBN 13 9780252021961
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages286
- EditorBaumgardner Robert J.
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