A South Asian vernacular public overseas: Tamil in the Straits Settlements, c. 1870-1942
The idea of a ‘South Asian vernacular’ during the colonial period conjures up the idea of a relatively simple language hierarchy, with English as the dominant idiom of colonial power, a few privileged South Asian vernaculars recognized by the colonial government, and a large number of languages that...
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2023
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Language ideologies and the vernacular in colonial and postcolonial South Asia
Year: 2023, Pages: ? |
| Online Access: | Verlag, Verlagsseite, lizenzpflichtig: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9781003279921-20/south-asian-vernacular-public-overseas-torsten-tschacher?context=ubx&refId=b03b1185-3d5c-44ae-ad64-fcdf6aa0254a
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| Author Notes: | Torsten Tschacher |