Introduction to Part I 9 1 About noticing: Becoming a linguistic ethnographer 11 2 About
correctness: What is 'good'language? 26 3 About belonging: How does language enact …

English fulfils important intra-and international functions in 21st century India. However, the
country's size in terms of area, population, and linguistic diversity means that completely …

This chapter surveys the role of prescriptive thinking and attitudes towards norms and
linguistic varieties in postcolonial countries. It discusses access to education and …

The present paper investigates India's potential role as a linguistic epicentre for Nepal by
conducting a short‐term diachronic follow‐up study of Bernaisch and Lange (2012) that is …

The present paper offers a fundamental discussion of constituent parameters and relevant
issues associated with the concepts of pluricentricity and epicentres. It proposes an explicit …

The global spread of English in new forms and functions has prompted several suggestions
for updates on existing taxonomies or altogether new models of the evolution of Englishes …

One limitation of corpus‐based research into the epicentre hypothesis is that it only provides
information on structural similarity/difference of varieties but not on the role that attitudes may …

To empirically trace functional characteristics of texts such as speaker/writer involvement,
narrativity or persuasiveness with a view to potential (a) intra-national variability in Indian …

Abstract Language plays a central role in how individuals relate, communicate, and connect
with others, as well as in self-understanding and expression (Altarriba & Santiago-Rivera …

This chapter draws on theories of language attitudes and identity to describe identity
struggles faced by Maldivian adolescents as they shift from their indigenous language to the …