The Heart of Change
Oranskaia, Tatiana / Abbi, Anvita
The proposed volume addresses issues of linguistic variation - a phenomenon central to the study of language use - in regards to the major official language of India: Hindi. It combines multiple theoretical and pragmatic approaches to a variety of linguistic phenomena conceptualised under the name of 'Hindi', and attempts to obtain a more accurate portrayal of the changing reality behind this versatile taxonomic unit. In doing so, this volume ...