Indian English Pingali Sailaja February 2009 Pb ◦ 978 0 7486 2595 6 ◦ £19.99 160pp ◦ 216 x 138 mm Hb ◦ 978 0 7486 2594 9 ◦ £60.00 A descriptive account of English as it is used in India Description The Author This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian Pingali Sailaja is Professor in English is a second language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history the Department of English, it has acquired its own character, yet still looks to native varieties of University of Hyderabad, India. English for norms. The complex nature of Indian English, which is not really a monolithic entity, is discussed in this book. The book also makes a distinction between what are considered to be standard and non-standard Series varieties, and provides an overview of the salient features. Dialects of English Indian English includes: Readership • A discussion of the sociolinguistic and cultural factors Language & Linguistics • The history of the establishment of English in India, bringing it up to modern times English Language • A description of the linguistic aspects: phonetics and phonology, lexical, undergraduates, graduates discourse and morphosyntactic features and academics, as well as A- • Samples of written English from a range of contexts Level students and teachers. • Samples of speech Also general readers interested • An annotated bibliography divided according to topic. in language, India, historical British contact with India, and in understanding Indian English Selling Points for purposes of business and • The latest volume in the Dialects of English series, this title joins others commerce. on Northern and Insular Scots (Jan 07), Singapore English (Aug 07) and New Zealand English (Mar 08) • This title will be of relevance to those interested in historical British contact with India and also those with an interest in understanding Indian English for business 22 George Square, Edinburgh, EH8 9LF tel: +44 (0)131 650 4218, fax: +44 (0)131 662 0053 email: [email protected], website: www.euppublishing.com last amended date: 25/11/2008.