Linguistic Diversity in South Asia: Studies in Regional, Social and Functional Variation

Language ◽  
1961 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Paul W. Friedrich ◽  
Charles A. Ferguson ◽  
John J. Gumperz
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Functional Variation

Language Policies and Politics in South Asia

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vineeta Chand
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Language Attitudes ◽  
National Language ◽  
Language Policies ◽  
Language Management ◽  
Linguistic Ideologies ◽  
Language Competencies ◽  
Diachronic Changes

This chapter explores socioeconomic, political, religious ethno-cultural, and national positions toward language management, which underlie diachronic changes in South Asian nations’ language policies and linguistic ideologies. In South Asia, feelings toward linguistic diversity, as realized through national language policies and in actual national language management practices, are highly diverse. The negotiation of and diachronic changes in language policies, together with functional and ideological goals—visible through language attitudes, overt and covert language policies, and diachronic changes in language competencies—offer a lens through which to understand language management and value.

scholarly journals Print Cultures in the Making in 19th- and 20th-Century South Asia: Beyond Disciplinary Boundaries

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Cristina Pecchia ◽  
Johanna Buss ◽  
Alaka A. Chudal
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Cultural History ◽  
Linguistic Diversity ◽  
Religious Traditions ◽  
Making Sense ◽  
Printed Books ◽  
History Of ◽  
Textual Traditions ◽  
19Th And 20Th Century ◽  
Print Cultures

Abstract The study of the history of print technology in South Asia is a multidisciplinary enterprise which involves attentive consideration of the cultural and linguistic diversity of the region, as well as of the historical time in which print technology was massively adopted, namely the colonial period. Here, we focus on the complex fabric of relationships between print and modes of recording and using texts in long present oral and manuscript cultures, also pointing out the limits of applying interpretative models based on the cultural history of Europe to the histories of print in South Asia. Furthermore, we present aspects of the formative stage of print cultures concerning Vedic, Limbu, Nepali, Newari, and Tamil textual traditions—which are studied in the essays of this special issue. This multi-layered perspective helps making sense of social and cultural dynamics concerning the uses of printed books, the (new) meanings associated with them, and the formation of hegemonic configurations within literary and religious traditions.

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