Walter Hakala
Columbia University Press
e druk, 2016
9780231178303
Negotiating Languages
Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia
Specificaties
Gebonden, 320 blz.
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EN
Columbia University Press |
e druk, 2016
ISBN13: 9780231178303
Rubricering
Onderdeel van serie
South Asia Across the Disciplines
Levertijd ongeveer 15 werkdagen
Samenvatting
Casts lexicographers as key figures in the political realignment of South Asia under British rule and in the years after independence. Their dictionaries document how a single, mutually intelligible language evolved into two competing registers—Urdu and Hindi—and became associated with contrasting religious and nationalist goals
Specificaties
ISBN13:9780231178303
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:320
Uitgever:Columbia University Press