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Negotiating Languages

- Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia

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Casts lexicographers as key figures in the political realignment of South Asia under British rule and in the years after independence. Their dictionaries document how a single, mutually intelligible language evolved into two competing registers-Urdu and Hindi-and became associated with contrasting religious and nationalist goals

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  • Sprog:
  • Engelsk
  • ISBN:
  • 9780231178303
  • Indbinding:
  • Hardback
  • Sideantal:
  • 320
  • Udgivet:
  • 30. august 2016
  • Størrelse:
  • 162x239x30 mm.
  • Vægt:
  • 576 g.
  • 2-3 uger.
  • 2. december 2024

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Casts lexicographers as key figures in the political realignment of South Asia under British rule and in the years after independence. Their dictionaries document how a single, mutually intelligible language evolved into two competing registers-Urdu and Hindi-and became associated with contrasting religious and nationalist goals

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