Language in the Indian Diaspora - 9781474478366

Edinburgh University Press

Language in the Indian DiasporaSociolinguistic Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Rajend Mesthrie, Sonal Kulkarni-Joshi\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781474478366, 978-1474478366\nSynopsis\nRajend 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. \nBy comparing the sociolinguis.