LINGUIST List 14.3239

Tue Nov 25 2003

Books: Socioling/Applied Ling, Konkani: Kurzon

Editor for this issue: Marisa Ferrara <marisalinguistlist.org>

Directory

1. marketing, Where East Looks West: Kurzon

 


Title: Where East Looks West 
Subtitle: Success in English in Goa and on the Konkan Coast 
Series Title: Multilingual Matters 

Publication Year: 2003 
Publisher: Multilingual Matters 
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/ 

Book URL: 
http://www.multilingual-matters.com/multi/display.asp?isb=1853596736 

Author: Dennis Kurzon, Haifa University 

Hardback: ISBN: 1853596744, Pages: 158, Price: 
�49.95/US$79.95/CAN$99.95 

Paperback: ISBN: 1853596736, Pages: 158, Price: �24.95 US$39.95 
CAN$49.95 


Abstract: 

The aim of the book is to explain the constant success in the TOEFL 
(Test of English as a Foreign Language) of speakers of the Indian 
language, Konkani, who live in Goa and to the south of Goa. The 
evidence seems to point, although inconclusively, to historical and 
sociolinguistic factors, some of which pertain to India as a whole, 
while others are unique to the Konkani-speaking regions. 

Lingfield(s): Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): Konkani (Language Code: GOM) 
English (Language Code: ENG) 

Written In: English (Language Code: ENG) 


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