Nation and Region in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India
Majeed, Javed
Nation and Region in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India / Javed Majeed - New York : Routledge ©2019 - vii, 229p. 24cm.
Acknowledgments. Note on Transliteration. Introduction: The Survey and India's Languages 1 Regional Assertiveness 2 Mapping Languages 3 'Double Names' 4 The Politics of Grammar 5 Grierson and the Indian Nation 6 Aryanism and Semitism 7 Visceral Language and Citizenship. Conclusion: The Survey's Legacy. Bibliography. Index
George Abraham Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India is one of the most complete sources on South Asian languages. This book is the first detailed examination of the Survey. It shows how the Survey collaborated with Indian activists to consolidate the regional languages in India. By focusing on India as a linguistic region, it was at odds with the colonial state's conceptualisation of the subcontinent, in which religious and caste differences were key to its understanding of Indian society. A number of the Survey's narratives are detachable from its rigorous linguistic imperatives, and together with aspects of Grierson's other texts, these contributed to the way in which Indian nationalists appropriated and reshaped languages, making them religiously charged ideological symbols of particular versions of the subcontinent. Thus, the Survey played an important role in the emergence of religious nationalism and language conflict in the subcontinent in the 20th century. This volume, like its companion volume Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India, will be a great resource for scholars and researchers of linguistics, language and literature, history, political studies, cultural studies and South Asian studies
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Grierson, George Abraham, -- Sir, -- 1851-1941.
Grierson, George Abraham, -- Sir, -- 1851-1941. -- Linguistic survey of India.
Language surveys -- India.
Political Science -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
Social Science -- Popular Culture.
306.449 MAJ
Nation and Region in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India / Javed Majeed - New York : Routledge ©2019 - vii, 229p. 24cm.
Acknowledgments. Note on Transliteration. Introduction: The Survey and India's Languages 1 Regional Assertiveness 2 Mapping Languages 3 'Double Names' 4 The Politics of Grammar 5 Grierson and the Indian Nation 6 Aryanism and Semitism 7 Visceral Language and Citizenship. Conclusion: The Survey's Legacy. Bibliography. Index
George Abraham Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India is one of the most complete sources on South Asian languages. This book is the first detailed examination of the Survey. It shows how the Survey collaborated with Indian activists to consolidate the regional languages in India. By focusing on India as a linguistic region, it was at odds with the colonial state's conceptualisation of the subcontinent, in which religious and caste differences were key to its understanding of Indian society. A number of the Survey's narratives are detachable from its rigorous linguistic imperatives, and together with aspects of Grierson's other texts, these contributed to the way in which Indian nationalists appropriated and reshaped languages, making them religiously charged ideological symbols of particular versions of the subcontinent. Thus, the Survey played an important role in the emergence of religious nationalism and language conflict in the subcontinent in the 20th century. This volume, like its companion volume Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson's Linguistic Survey of India, will be a great resource for scholars and researchers of linguistics, language and literature, history, political studies, cultural studies and South Asian studies
9780367183912
International Book Distributors :Flat No 17, Prakash Apartment 4405/2, 5 Ansari Road Darya Ganj New Delhi
Social Sciences
Culture and institutions
Grierson, George Abraham, -- Sir, -- 1851-1941.
Grierson, George Abraham, -- Sir, -- 1851-1941. -- Linguistic survey of India.
Language surveys -- India.
Political Science -- Public Policy -- Cultural Policy.
Social Science -- Popular Culture.
306.449 MAJ
