Title: Language in the Indian Diaspora
Subtitle: Sociolinguistic Perspectives
Publication Year: 2024

Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
http://www.edinburghuniversitypress.com
Book URL: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-language-in-the-indian-diaspora.html

Editor(s): Rajend Mesthrie, Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi

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Abstract:

Rajend Mesthrie and Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi bring together an international range of scholars to explore the sociolinguistic outcomes of multilingualism and contact involving the Indian diaspora. The collection presents twelve rich case studies of Indian diaspora languages in South Asia, East Asia, Africa, Europe, the Caribbean and the USA. It examines different forms of displacement in response to a wide range of historical, social, technological and geopolitical developments: internal displacement and transcontinental migration, colonial and contemporary migrations, urban and rural migrations, migration of skilled and unskilled workers, and migration of major and minor Indian languages. By comparing the sociolinguistic consequences of migration in diverse contexts, Language in the Indian Diaspora examines the role of language practices in shaping local and global mobile contexts. In doing so, it develops our understanding of the processes of language use and language change in the emerging arena of migration studies.

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
Language Acquisition
Sociolinguistics

Written In: English (eng)