… , and which may not be justified in Indian English on formal and/or contextual grounds. A "…
of Indian English? ... Is there any reason why we need be ashamed of Indian English? Who …

… This article describes the linguistic features of Indian English (phonetics and phonology,
words or lexis and morphology, and syntax) including some pan-Indian ones and the variations …

This book is a descriptive account of English as it is used in India. Indian English is a second
language to most of its speakers. In its 400-year history it has acquired its own character, …

… of Indian English has generally been neglected in studies of English in South Asia. This article
describes a variety of Indian English … " or "Educated" Indian English shows that the two are …

This chapter focuses on variety of subdisciplines in linguistics and applied linguistics–descriptive
linguistics, sociolinguistics, sociology of language, bilingualism, second language …

Kachru (1965, 1966) has presented a detailed analysis of the idiosyncratic vocabulary items
of Indian English (hereafter IE). He observes that “in India an idiom of English has …

… Even though a wide range of studies on individual aspects of Indian English phonology, …
of Indian English. Moreover, the mismatch between the actual size of the Indian English speech …

Indian English (IndE) is a cover term for a number of varieties of English used as a second
language in India. These varieties exhibit significant phonological variations, stemming from …

Indian English (IndE) is a superordinate term that encompasses a range of predominantly
L2 varieties of English spoken across India. The population of India exceeds one billion; an …

This chapter presents descriptive generalizations about the syntax of Indian English (IndE),
drawing mainly from the theoretical model that takes sociolinguisticsyntactic variation as the …

… This chapter attempts to consolidate current linguistic research on Indian English (IE). Of
the many sub-varieties of IE, the variety used in education, carrying prestige, is the primary …

… varieties of Indian English, and I will explore Indian English-based communication in both
of those formats throughout this volume. (There may also be signed varieties of Indian English, …

This chapter illustrates the significant features of the General Indian English (GIE) and some
of its variants. It first addresses the circumstances in which GIE has emerged as the …

… Indian English (IE) accents are based on a single target phonological-phonetic system (ie,
General Indian English)… The effect of the General Indian English model was evident in the front …

… This paper advocates the use of Indian English as the national model, due to a set of unique
lexical, grammatical, phonological and discourse features that would allow it to act as both a …

… Indian English is used mainly by Indians whose native language it is not. It is a minority …
the Indian English has its own contexts of functions, usage and characteristics. Indian English is …

… This study explored whether the sound structure of Indian English (IE) varies with the
divergent native languages of its speakers or whether it is similar regardless of speakers' native …

… ±syntactic variation in Indian English. It focuses on the … the two varieties of Indian English,
using the mechanisms … Theory: educated speakers of Indian English have alternative constraint…

… use of only and itself in Indian English, drawing on data from … Indian English has developed
an additional use for only and … functional extension in current Indian English. One interesting …

III. Answer any two of the following in about a page each:(2x5= 10) 1) what strange things
did the gentlewoman notice about Lady Macbeth? 2) what are the qualities offire andwateras …