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Author Mesthrie, Rajend, author

Title Language in indenture : a sociolinguistic history of Bhojpuri-Hindi in South Africa / Rajend Mesthrie
Edition 1st
Published London : Routledge, 2018

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Description 1 online resource
Series Routledge library editions. Sociolinguistics
Contents Prologue 1. The Historical Background 2. Dialects in Contact 3. The Socio-Historical Setting of Language Shift 4. Language Contact and Language Change 5. Language Obsolescence. Appendix A: A Skeleton Grammar of Indian Bhojpuri. Appendix B: Samples. Appendix C: Questionnaires
Notes Originally published: 1992
Prologue 1. The Historical Background 2. Dialects in Contact 3. The Socio-Historical Setting of Language Shift 4. Language Contact and Language Change 5. Language Obsolescence. Appendix A: A Skeleton Grammar of Indian Bhojpuri. Appendix B: Samples. Appendix C: Questionnaires
Subject Hindi language -- Dialects -- South Africa -- Lexicology
Hindi language -- Foreign elements.
Hindi language -- Social aspects -- South Africa
Languages in contact -- South Africa
Language obsolescence -- South Africa
anthropology language.
anthropology linguistics.
Bhojpuri development.
Bhojpuri language.
cultural studies colonial language.
cultural studies south africa.
hindi in africa.
history linguistics.
indian languages.
indian linguistic traditions.
indic vernacular.
language africa.
language colonialism.
language contact.
language death.
language identity.
language race.
linguistics africa.
linguistics colonialism.
linguistics hindi.
linguistics history.
linguistics identity.
linguistics race.
sociology language.
south africa history.
south africa indians.
south africa language.
Hindi language -- Foreign elements.
Hindi language -- Social aspects.
Language obsolescence.
Languages in contact.
South Africa.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780429785788
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9780429785795
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9780429785771
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9780429434709
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