Language and Civilization Change in South AsiaClarence Maloney |
Contents
Language and Modern Civilization in South Asia | 3 |
The Case of Telugu | 37 |
Hindi and the Composite Culture of India | 57 |
Bengali in Bangladesh | 69 |
Dalit New Cultural Context for an Old Marathi Word | 77 |
Diglossia and PurityPollution in Tamil | 98 |
Hindi and the Development of Modern Culture in India | 111 |
A General Perspective | 119 |
Language and Politics in Afghanistan | 131 |
The Bengali Language Movement and the Emergence of Bangladesh | 142 |
Linguistic Strands in the Maldives | 155 |
Its Development and Present Status | 167 |
Contributors | 181 |
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