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The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes
The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes
Edited ByAndy Kirkpatrick
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Chapter  9
The development of the English language in India
ByJoybrato Mukherjee
Pages 14
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(C) 2019 Informa UK LimitedThe present chapter describes the development of English in India by (a) sketching out the various stages of the diachronic development of English in India from the early seventeenth century to the twenty-first century, (b) systematizing the characteristic features of present-day Indian English from a synchronic perspective, and (c) pointing out some prospects for future research.This process has been marked by the emergence of a distinctly Indian variety of English which fulfils a wide range of communicative functions in present-day India and which is a significant vehicle for Indian identity-construction for a relatively small but substantial and increasing part of the population.London |