Author: Ferguson, Charles Albert ; & Gumperz, John Joseph ; editors:
Title: Linguistic Diversity in South Asia : Studies in Regional, Social, and Functional Variation
Description: Bloomington [IN]. orig. wrappers. 24x15cm, vii,118 pp.. Rubbed. Some cover spots & stains. Good. ¶ Series: Publication of the Indiana University Research Center in Anthropology, Folklore, and Linguistics, 13 / International Journal of American Linguistics, v. 26, no. 3, pt. 3. Contains 6 papers. Includesd: William bright "Linguistic Change in Some Indian Caste Dialects"; M. Shanmugam Pillai "Tamil - Literary & Colloquial"; Edward C. Dimock " Literary & Colloquial bengali inb Modern Bengali Prose"; Munier Chowdhury "The Language Problem in East Pakistan"; William McCormack "Social Dialects in Dharwar Kannada"; John J,. Gumpers & C.M. Naim "Formal & Informal Standards in the Hindi Regional Language Area".

Keywords: Indic Languages, India South Asia, Indo-Aryan, Linguistics, Language, Dialects, , ,