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Peer reviewedKhubchandani, Lachman M. – Language Sciences, 1974
Sociolinguistic patterns of India are discussed. (LG)
Descriptors: Demography, Language Patterns, Language Planning, Language Role
Peer reviewedOdlin, Terence – Second Language Research, 1992
The applicability of transferability principles to language contact in the British Isles, especially Ireland, is shown with a detailed discussion of absolute constructions, structures with interesting relations between syntax and discourse, and with susceptibility to cross-linguistic influence. Evidence for transferability of absolutes in…
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, English, Foreign Countries, Language Patterns
Download full textKachru, Braj B. – 1976
The notion of language dependency presupposes that there is a hierarchy of languages in a multilingual society, and that each language is assigned a functional role in a multilingual individual's restricted or extended spheres of linguistic interaction. In South Asia, language dependency has resulted in linguistic convergence of two types: (1)…
Descriptors: Dravidian Languages, English, Hindi, Indo European Languages
