English in India

Identity & language ... The language you speak obviously has a major role in defining who you think you are. In turn, this means that social groups coalesce around each language. However, language is mutable and variable, and so social groupings also tend to change the nature of the language they speak - there is reciprocal influence. You are how you speak, and who you are defines how you speak.In India, the number of...

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