English and Other International Languages (People’s Linguistic Survey of India, Volume 37) discusses the status of English and other foreign languages which continue to have a presence in India. While Section I discusses the complex progression of English in the Indian linguistic scene and its increasing acceptance among the people here, Section II describes the status and development of eight other international languages in use in India. The volume also observes how India’s engagement with foreign cultures has enriched the multilingual mosaic of the country.
G. N. Devy is the chief editor of the PLSI series. He taught at the Maharaja Sayajirao University, Baroda, till 1996 before leaving to set up the Bhasha Research Centre in Baroda and the Adivasi Akademi at Tejgadh. There, he worked towards conserving and promoting the languages and culture of indigenous and nomadic communities. Apart from being awarded the Padma Shree, he has received many awards for his work in literature and language conservation.
T. Vijay Kumar, the Volume Editor, is a Professor of English at Osmania University, Hyderabad. In 2013, he designed and taught a course on the Indian Novel in English at The University of Utah. His publications include critical studies: Globalisation: Australian-Asian Perspectives (co-ed; 2014) and Focus India: Postcolonial Narratives of the Nation (co-ed; 2007), and translations from Telugu into English: Volga’s Vimukta as The Liberation of Sita (co-trans; 2016) and Gurajada Venkata Appa Rao’s early-20th century classic Kanyasulkam (co-trans; 2002). He is one of the Directors of the annual Hyderabad Literary Festival.
The People’s Linguistic Survey of India The National Editorial Collective List of Volumes Acknowledgements Foreword A Nation Proud of Its Language Diversity: Chief Editor’s Introduction Contributors to the Volume
Introduction- Divide and Rue: The English Language in India – T. Vijay Kumar
PART I: ENGLISH IN INDIA
1. English in India: Origins and Early Contact Parimala Kulkarni
2. English as the Language of Administration, Knowledge, Freedom and Modernity Sachidananda Mohanty
3. English and the Indian Languages Debate K. Narayana Chandran
4. English Writing in India Shyamala A. Narayan
5. English Literature and Indian Literature Interface K. Narayana Chandran
6. English as a Language of Livelihood and as an Aspirational Language V.B. Tharakeshwar
7. English as the Medium of Instruction at School A. Giridhar Rao
8. English as Alienating Language vs. Empowering Language: Student Perceptions of English – a case study Mala Pandurang
9. English Journalism, Media and Films Nikhila H.
10. The Gender of English in India Rekha Pappu
11. English as a First Language in India E. Annamalai
PART II: OTHER INTERNATIONAL LANGUAGES
12. The Chinese Language in India D. P. Pattanayak
13. The French Language in India Edith Melo Furtado
14. German in India Amita Desai
15. The Japanese Language in India P. A. George
16. The Japanese Language in India: A Reflection Tomo Kawane
17. Korean in India Kim Do-young
18. The Portuguese Language in India Maria do Céu Barreto
19. Russian in India J. Prabhakar Rao and Sheetal Anand
20. Spanish in India Ranjeeva Ranjan
Appendices I. Mother English (1854) II. Address, dated 11th December 1823, from Raja Rammohan Roy to Lord Amherst III. Minutes by the Hon’ble T. B. Macaulay, dated the 2nd February 1835 IV. Gandhi on the English Language V. Debates in the Constituent Assembly on the English language, Constituent Assembly of India Volume III, Friday the 2nd May, 1947 VI. Address by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at Oxford University VII. Excerpts from interviews with Chandrabhan Prasad
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