The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism)

Ramanathan, V.

ISBN 10: 1853597694 / ISBN 13: 9781853597695

Published by Multilingual Matters, 2005

About this Item

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has soft covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,300grams, ISBN:9781853597695.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The English-Vernacular Divide: Postcolonial Language Politics and Practice (Bilingual Education & Bilingualism)
• Publisher: Multilingual Matters
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853597694
• ISBN 13: 9781853597695
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Weight: 300 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Language & Linguistics

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Vaidehi Ramanathan is Professor of Applied Sociolinguistics at University of California, Davis, USA. Her previous publications include Language Policies and (Dis)Citizenship: Rights, Access, Pedagogies (Multilingual Matters, 2013) and Bodies and Language: Health, Ailments, Disabilities (Multilingual Matters, 2009).