The Ecology of Language in Multilingual India Voices of Women and Educators in the Himalayan Foothills /

• Main Author: Groff, Cynthia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in Minority Languages and Communities
• Subjects: Languages.; Language and languages.; Linguistic minorities.; Language and education.; Language policy.; Sociolinguistics.; Anthropology.; Asian Languages.; Minority Languages.; Language Education.; Language Policy and Planning.

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, theis volume analyses how each language is valued in its own context; how national...