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Introduction: Languages, contexts and constructs | |
Language History, Families and Typology | |
Language in historical context | |
Typological characteristics of South Asian languages | |
Languages and their Functions | |
Hindi, Urdu, Hindustani | |
Persian in South Asia | |
Major regional languages | |
Minority languages and their status | |
Tribal languages | |
Sanskrit and Traditions of Language Study | |
Sanskrit in the South Asian sociolinguistics | |
Traditions of language study | |
Multilingualism, Contact and Convergence | |
Contexts of multilingualism | |
Language contact and convergence | |
Pidgins, creoles and bazaar | |
Orality, Literacy, and Writing Systems | |
Orality and literacy | |
Writing systems | |
Language, State and Education | |
Language politics and conflicts | |
Language Standardization and Modernization | |
Language modernization | |
Language and Discourse | |
Language in social and ethnic interaction | |
Language and the legal system | |
Language in media and advertising | |
Language in cinema | |
Language of religion | |
Language and Identity | |
Language and gender | |
Dalit literature, language, and identity | |
Language and youth culture | |
Languages in Diaspora | |
Languages in diaspora | |
South Asian diaspora in Europe and the US | |
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