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    ISBN 81-7188-005-3
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    English in India : Issues & Problems

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    About the Book

    <p align="justify">This books examines ' the English question' with a new freedom of mind. The interrogative mood has taken over, and there is a critical awareness that the old assumptions need to be scrutinised and validated.<br /> The various papers in this edited volume have been contributed by well known Indian scholars and teachers of English and linguistics. The editors, in there Introduction, have provided the contemporary context of English and a frame of reference for the contributors but make no attempt to impose or infer a singleness of voice. The voices in the collection remain Indian, diverse and authentic.<br /> Sixteen scholars have contributed to this volume which, among others, discusses the following main issues :&nbsp;<br /> English in Education<br /> English in Business and Administration<br /> English and <span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Indian Culture</span><br /> English and Imperial Expansion<br /> English and Indian Languages<br /> Indianisms in Indian English<br /> Indian English today<br /> Impact of English on Indian Literature<br /> Indian Poetry in English<br /> Prose in Indian English<br /> <span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Teaching Spoken English</span> in India<br /> <span class="cm_word" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #0000FF !important;text-decoration:underline !important;color:#0000FF !important">Varieties of Indian English</span><br /> Sound Patterns of Indian English<br /> Failure of English as a Lingua Franca in India<br /> The Contributors include scholars from : The Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad; the Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore; the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; the Berlin University (Germany ); the University of Illinois (U.S.A); Jawaharlal Nehru University (J.N.U., New Delhi); the University of Delhi; M.D. University, (Haryana)&nbsp;<br /> The Englishers around the world are now a major research object — a whole range of linguistic, pedagogical and policy issues are being formulated and investigated. There are two overriding concerns --- what is the impact of this essentially ' alien ' language on the native languages, literatures, society and culture. These constitute ' the English question '.&nbsp;<br /> The impact of English on Indian literatures and culture has been analysed not only to take note of and admire the new themes and forms, and the so called ' modernity ', but also to examine the ' newness ' and ' modernity ' themselves for what they are and for what they are worth. Thus, a new critical point of view emerges on the history, sociology, function, impact and future of English in India.</p>
    Contents in detail
    1. Introduction : English in India — Issues and Problems
    Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
        R.S. Gupta    
        Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi    
             
      2. A Brief Note on Indianisms in Indian English    
        V.K. Gokak    
        Retired Professor and Director, Central Institute of English and Foreign Languages, Hyderabad.    
             
      3. English and Imperial Expansion    
        Tulsi Ram    
        Professor of English, ( Retired ) Maharishi Dayanand University, Rohtak    
             
      4. The Failure of English as a Lingua Franca in India    
        Anjuli Gupta    
        Teaches English at Free University, Berlin.    
             
      5. English and Indian Culture    
        N.B. Meena    
        Associate Professor of English, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.    
              
      6. English in education    
        S.K. Sareen    
        Assistant Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.    
             
      7. English in Business and Administration    
        Jennifer Bayer    
        Research Officer, Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore    
             
      8. On Varieties of Indian English : Some Questions Regarding Foreign Language Varities    
        Shyamal Ghosh    
        Director of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, Govt. of India    
             
      9. Sound Patterns of Indian English — A Sociolinguistic Perspective    
        R.K. Agnihotri    
        Reader in Linguistics, University of Delhi    
             
      10. Indian English Today    
        R.N. Srivastava    
        Professor of Linguistics, University of Delhi.    
        V.P. Sharma    
        Sr. Lecturer in English, School of Correspondence Courses, University of Delhi.    
             
      11. English and Indian Languages : Code-Mixing    
        R.S. Gupta    
        Associate Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi    
             
      12. Teaching Spoken English in India    
        Kapil Kapoor    
        Associate Professor of English, Jawahar Nehru University, New Delhi.    
             
      13. Writing in the Other Tongue : Expository Prose in Indian English    
        Yamuna Kachru    
        Professor of Linguistics, University of Illinois, U.S.A.    
             
      14. The Writer as Reader : Speculations on Some Sources of Nineteenth Century Literature in India    
        Meenakshi Mukherji    
        Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.    
             
      15. Impact of English on Indian Literature    
        Aruna Sitesh    
        Sr. Lecturer in English, Indra prastha college for Women, University of Delhi.    
             
      16. Commitment to the Environment : Indian Poetry in English    
        G.J.V. Prasad    
        Assistant Professor of English, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.    
             
           
     
    		   
      EDITORS :    
     
    		   
      R.S. Gupta :

    Dr. R.S. Gupta is Associate Professor of English at Jawahar Lal Nehru University. New Delhi. He has taught Applied Linguistics, Socio-linguistics, English Language Teaching Analysis, and Morden English Poetry, for nearly three decades now. He has published several research papers in these areas. His publications includes Dimensions of Applied Linguistics ( 1989 ) with Prof. R.N. Srivastava as co-author.

    		    
             
      Kapil Kapoor :

    Dr. Kapil Kapoor is Associate professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) New Delhi. He has taught Indian and Western grammatical and literary theories, philosophy of language and 19th century English literature for more than thirty years and has written extensively in these areas. He has five books --- Semantic Structure and the Verb — a Propositional Analysis (1985), Jamia Garding Criteria (1987), English in India (1991), South Asian Love Poetry (1994), Language, Linguistics and Literature : The India Perspective (1994). Three of his books are in press — Text and Interary Theory : The Indian Conceptual structures and Panini and Bhartrihari : Essays on Grammer and philosophy of Language.