Language in South Asia - Kachru, Braj B.; Kachru, Yamuna; Sridhar, S. N. (Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008)
Language history, families, and typology -- Languages and their functions -- Sanskrit and traditions of language study -- Multilingualism, contact, and convergence -- Orality, literacy, and writing systems -- Language conflicts -- Language and modernization -- Language and discourse -- Language and identity -- Languages in diaspora.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 534-587) and indexes.
Keywords: Sociolinguistics -- South Asia; Multilingualism -- South Asia; Language planning -- South Asia; Indic philology; South Asia -- Languages