Contemporary Indian English; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Map; Abbreviations; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Theoretical, methodological and descriptive framework; Chapter 3. Vocabulary; Chapter 4. Lexicosyntax; Chapter 5. Morphosyntax and grammar at the sentence level; Chapter 6. Conclusion; References; Appendices; Index; The series Varieties of English Around the World
Summary
Contemporary Indian English: Variation and Change offers the first comprehensive description of Indian English and its emerging regional standard in a corpus-linguistic framework. Drawing on a wealth of authentic spoken and written data from India (including the Kolhapur Corpus and the International Corpus of English), this book explores the dynamics of variation and change in the vocabulary and grammar of contemporary Indian English. The aims are to document the extent of lexical and grammatical nativization at the beginning of the twenty-first century and compare contemporary Indian English