Defining the indefinable: delimiting Hindi
by Kuczkiewicz-Fraś, Agnieszka
The nine extensive essays of this volume are by specialists on South Asia whose research focus includes the extremely complicated problematics of the linguistic situation there. It is devoted to the broadly understood problem of defining Hindi as well as indicating the different ranges of its use. The authors of the included texts come from Europe, the USA and India, and grapple with questions such as what Hindi is, how it functions in the social, political and cultural dimensions of present-da…
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- Full title :Defining the indefinable : delimiting Hindi / Agnieszka Kuczkiewicz-Frás, editor.
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The nine extensive essays of this volume are by specialists on South Asia whose research focus includes the extremely complicated problematics of the linguistic situation there. It is devoted to the broadly understood problem of defining Hindi as well as indicating the different ranges of its use. The authors of the included texts come from Europe, the USA and India, and grapple with questions such as what Hindi is, how it functions in the social, political and cultural dimensions of present-day India, and how it is being used by authorities and various influential actors at different levels o.
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- Publication Date:©2014
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- Publisher(s):PL Academic Research
- Place of Publication:Frankfurt am Main, Germany
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2014
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (211 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9783653035667, 365303566X
- oclc:ocn961645573
- LC Classification:PK1931
- Dewey Decimal:491.4/3
Table of Contents
Cover; Table of Contents; Foreword; Defining Hindi: An Introductory Overview; References; Hindi Revisited: Language and Language Policies in India in Perspective; References; Traces of Sacredness in Imaginings of Hindi; 1. Sacred Languages and the Case of Sanskrit; 2. Sacred Texts in "Hindi"; 3. Hindi as Heir to Sanskrit and the Nagari Linkage; 4. Hindutva and Hindi; 5. Popular Misunderstandings; 6. Conclusion; References; Depoliticising Hindi in India; 1. Introduction; 2. Depoliticising Hindi in the South; 3. Depoliticising Hindi in the North Indian Hindi Belt; 4. Conclusion; References.
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