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Author : Rekha Sharma
Release : 2003
Genre : East Indian diaspora
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Book Synopsis Indian Diaspora by : Rekha Sharma
Download or read book Indian Diaspora written by Rekha Sharma. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Johannes Kwossek
Release : 2007
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Book Synopsis Language and identity in the Indian Diaspora by : Johannes Kwossek
Download or read book Language and identity in the Indian Diaspora written by Johannes Kwossek. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Marianne Hundt
Release : 2014-08-15
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Synopsis English in the Indian Diaspora by : Marianne Hundt
Download or read book English in the Indian Diaspora written by Marianne Hundt. This book was released on 2014-08-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diasporic populations offer unique opportunities for the study of language variation and change. This volume is the first collection of sociolinguistic studies of English use across the historically complex and widely dispersed Indian diaspora. The contributions describe particular sociohistorical contexts (the UK, Fiji, South Africa, Singapore, and the Caribbean) and then use this rich empirical base to examine diverse questions in theory and method, such as the extent to which different settings see different or similar linguistic outcomes; the role of community structures, transnational ties, attitudes, and identity; reasons for differing rates of change, adaptation, and focussing; and the relevance of endonormative stabilization of Asian Englishes. These themes do not simply further our understandings of diaspora. They can ultimately feed into wider theoretical questions in language contact studies, including universals, selection and adaptation of traits, and interactions between social contact, identity, and language change.
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Release : 2013
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Book Synopsis Attrition & Maintenance of Home Languages in the Indian Diaspora in the United States by :
Download or read book Attrition & Maintenance of Home Languages in the Indian Diaspora in the United States written by . This book was released on 2013. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous research in the field of diasporic language attrition and maintenance have suggested that home languages are replaced by host-land languages. They have also shown that home languages survive with phrases and vocabulary related to mainly food, kinship terms, and religious and social rituals and ceremonies. However, most of these studies focused on what has changed linguistically in home languages rather why changes occurred first place. In this study I examines the attrition and maintenance of home languages among Indian diaspora in the United States. Through this study, I explore the attitudes of Indian diaspora II and III generation children and their parents towards their home languages, and investigate the underlying factors and forces which led to their language preferences. In particular, this study addressed the questions of what type of multilingualism exists among Indian diaspora; how language preference lead to home language attrition and maintenance; and, how language preference provides a diasporic person a new linguistic and social identity. In order to investigate of areas of research, I interviewed 12 second and third generation Indian diaspora children, six male and six female, and their parents. These children were all over 18 years old and studying at a U.S. university. The children were also asked to participate in survey. Besides surveys and interviews, participant observation at the family get-togethers of the participants, was conducted by the researcher to further explore the area of research. This way, three methods of data collection were used and data were cross-examined by using data-triangulation. There were three main findings: (1) Multilingualism exists in Indian diaspora, and many different languages are spoken at home, however, the transfer of home languages to the next generation depends upon many factors, (2) the heavy use of English causes the attrition of home languages, and (3) the Indian diaspora is aware of the fact that home languages are very important for maintaining Indian culture and identity, however, we do not see enough efforts and motivation of parents and their children to speak and practice home languages.
Author : Ajay Kumar Dubey
Release : 2003
Genre : East Indian diaspora
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Book Synopsis Indian Diaspora by : Ajay Kumar Dubey
Download or read book Indian Diaspora written by Ajay Kumar Dubey. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: About the Book :- The sun never sets on Indian Diaspora. This Diaspora has emerged as one of the leading and largest Diaspora of the world. It has grown from a scattered, marginalised self containing isolated overseas community to assume leadership of digital and literary world. From imaginary and weak realtionship with India, it has emerged into a web relationship of People of Indian Origin spread all over the world with the country of origin working as a vibrant hub. It is now aggresively supported bya proactive policy of mother country. Though it is relatively nascent, but this confident, mobilized and networked Diaspora has acquried a global identity. This book attempt s to capture the new emerging face of Indian Diaspora all over the world. It has tried to understand and analyze Indian Diaspora to have insights into its distinct civilisational identity. About the Author : - Dr. Ajay Dubey is on the Faculty of the School of International sTudies and currently Chairman of the Centre for West Asian and African studies at Jawahalral Nehru University. His earlier publications includes books on Government and politics in Mauritius Ed. Democratic Governance and Indo African Relations in teh Post Nehru Era.
