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The Ecology of Language in Multilingual India (eBook)

Voices of Women and Educators in the Himalayan Foothills

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2017
IX, 311 Seiten
Palgrave Macmillan UK (Verlag)
978-1-137-51961-0 (ISBN)

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The Ecology of Language in Multilingual India - Cynthia Groff
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This book explores the linguistic ecology of the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand, India through the experiences and discourses of minority youth and their educators. Providing in-depth examples of Indian multilingualism, this volume analyses how each language is valued in its own context; how national-level policies are appropriated and contested in local discourses; and how language and culture influence educational opportunities and identity negotiation for Kumauni young women. In doing so, the author examines how students and educators navigate a multilingual society with similarly diverse classroom practices. She simultaneously critiques the language and education system in modern India and highlights alternative perspectives on empowerment through the lens of a unique Gandhian educational context. This volume allows Kumauni women and their educators to take centre stage, and provides a thoughtful and nuanced insight into their minority language environment. This unique book is sure to appeal to students and scholars of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language policy and minority languages.
 

 



Cynthia Groff is Guest Researcher at Leiden University, Netherlands. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education, she has conducted post-doctoral research through Université Laval, Québec, Canada, and the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico.
  

This book explores the linguistic ecology of the Kumaun region of Uttarakhand, India through the experiences and discourses of minority youth and their educators. Providing in-depth examples of Indian multilingualism, this volume analyses how each language is valued in its own context; how national-level policies are appropriated and contested in local discourses; and how language and culture influence educational opportunities and identity negotiation for Kumauni young women. In doing so, the author examines how students and educators navigate a multilingual society with similarly diverse classroom practices. She simultaneously critiques the language and education system in modern India and highlights alternative perspectives on empowerment through the lens of a unique Gandhian educational context. This volume allows Kumauni women and their educators to take centre stage, and provides a thoughtful and nuanced insight into their minority language environment. This unique bookis sure to appeal to students and scholars of multilingualism, sociolinguistics, language policy and minority languages.  

Cynthia Groff is Guest Researcher at Leiden University, Netherlands. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Graduate School of Education, she has conducted post-doctoral research through Université Laval, Québec, Canada, and the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Iztapalapa, Mexico.  

Chapter 1. Introduction: Ecological Metaphors, Minority Voices, and Language Education in the KumaunChapter 2. Lakshmi Ashram and the Kumaun: Young Women and Gandhian Educators in their Linguistic and Educational ContextChapter 3. National-Level Language and Education Policies in India: Kumaunis as Linguistic MinoritiesChapter 4. Language and Ethnography: Conducting Research in the KumaunChapter 5. Language Use and Language Labels in Community: Bhasha and BoliChapter 6. Mother Tongue and Medium of Instruction: Official and Unofficial Language Choices in the KumaunChapter 7. Language Ecology in the Kumaun: The Value of Each and Relationships among ThemChapter 8. Young Women, Aims, and Education in the KumaunChapter 9. Empowerment, Moving Forward, and Alternative Values in EducationChapter 10. Conclusions: The Ecology of Language and Biliteracy in the Kumaun and Beyond

Erscheint lt. Verlag 27.10.2017
Reihe/Serie Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
Zusatzinfo IX, 311 p.
Verlagsort London
Sprache englisch
Themenwelt Schulbuch / Wörterbuch Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft
Geisteswissenschaften Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft Sprachwissenschaft
Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
Schlagworte Anthropology • Asia • Asian Languages • Ecology • India • Linguistics • Literature • minority languages • Multilingualism • Social Science • Sociolinguistics • Women
ISBN-10 1-137-51961-4 / 1137519614
ISBN-13 978-1-137-51961-0 / 9781137519610
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