Title The ecology of language in multilingual India : voices of women and educators in the Himalayan foothills / Cynthia Groff

Published London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2017

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Description 1 online resource Series Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities Palgrave studies in minority languages and communities. Contents Foreword -- Contents -- List of Tables -- 1: Introduction: Ecological Metaphors, Minority Voices, and Language Education in the Kumaun -- The Ecology of Language -- Language Policy and Language Ideology -- Minority Voices and Language Education in the Kumaun -- My Research -- Overview of the Chapters -- Bibliography -- 2: Lakshmi Ashram and the Kumaun: Young Women and Gandhian Educators in Their Linguistic and Educational Context -- Lakshmi Ashram -- The Town of Kausani -- Government Intermediate College, Kausani Life in Kausani Estate The Village of Dholara -- The Kumaun and the Kumauni People -- The Kumaun in Uttarakhand -- The Kumauni People -- Kumauni Women -- The Kumauni Language -- Bibliography -- 3: National-Level Language and Education Policies in India: Kumaunis as Linguistic Minorities -- Language and Power in Status and Acquisition Planning -- How Many Languages? Status Planning Through Legitimization and Minimization -- Which Languages Get Status? Status Planning Through Officialization What About the Other Languages? Language Rights and Minority Safeguards What Languages in Education? Indian Education Policy, Status and Acquisition Planning -- A Brief History of Language-in-Education Planning in India -- The Three-Language Formula: Acquisition Planning for Recognized Languages -- Medium of Instruction and Minority Rights: Use of Minority Languages in Education -- Implementation Issues and Multilingual Classroom Practices -- Legitimization in Perspective -- Bibliography 4: Language and Ethnography: Conducting Research in the Kumaun Theoretical Influences on the Research -- Experiential Influences on the Research -- Research Methods -- General Procedures -- Preliminary Fieldwork -- Primary Fieldwork -- First Phase: Based at Lakshmi Ashram -- Second Phase: Based in Kausani Estate -- Record-Keeping and Analysis -- Practical Influences on the Research -- Bibliography -- 5: Language Use and Language Labels in Community: Bhasha and Boli -- Language, Dialect, and Mother Tongue -- Bhasha Versus Boli Socialization into the Distinction Valuing of Both Language and Dialect -- A Lawyerâ#x80;#x99;s Defense -- Why Bhasha, Why Boli? -- Having the Form of a Language -- Having the Function of a Language: Actual Usage Is What Matters -- Having the Official Status of a Language: The Government Decides -- Summarizing Bhasha and Boli -- 6: Mother Tongue and Medium of Instruction: Official and Unofficial Language Choices in the Kumaun -- Mother Tongue -- Official and Unofficial Mother Tongue -- Honor for the Unofficial Mother Tongue Summary This text explores the linguistic ecology of the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand, India through the experiences and discourses of minority youth and their educators. Providing in-depth examples of Indian multilingualism, this volume analyses how each language is valued in its own context; how national-level policies are appropriated and contested in local discourses; and how language and culture influence educational opportunities and identity negotiation for Kumauni young women. In doing so, the author examines how students and educators navigate a multilingual society with similarly diverse classroom practices. She simultaneously critiques the language and education system in modern India and highlights alternative perspectives on empowerment through the lens of a unique Gandhian educational context Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed November 2, 2017) Subject Ecolinguistics -- India Education, Bilingual -- India POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture. Ecolinguistics. Education, Bilingual. India. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781137519610 1137519614 1137519606 9781137519603

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