PLURICENTRICITY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE: CONCERNS & RESOLUTION IN THE INDIAN CONTEXT
Journal Title: International Journal of English and Literature (IJEL) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
English being an international language, the inevitable pluricentriciy of English raises concerns and seeks resolutions. The purpose of this study is to address the dilemma of the Indian students regarding which English to follow – British, American or Indian. The paper analyses the idiosyncrasies of Indian English with its complex multilingual situation that makes it unintelligible to native speakers. To work towards mutual intelligibility, the Indian speaker needs to develop a neutral accent, linguistic competence, understanding of situational context and familiarization with the language while the native speaker needs to develop an attitude of tolerance and respect for the inevitable differences due to pluricentricity of English. Codification of Indian English is a giant step forward to give it an identity for wider acceptance. Conscious awareness of the usage of Indian English and its variation from British and American English will equip the Indian students for better mutual intelligibility in different scenarios.
Authors and Affiliations
PRAMOD RAI
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP221949
- DOI -
- Views 129
- Downloads 0
Women and Alienaton in Sherwood Anderson’s Winesburg Ohio; A Feminist Reading
This paper aims at a feminist reading of Sherwood Anderson's novel Winesburg, Ohio, which addresses the themes of alienation and estrangement and pursues their profound effects on women. This study investigates the image...
Transcending Victorian Cultural Image of the ‘Angel of the House’ Journey to Self-Acctualisation in Louisa May Alcott’s Rose in Bloom
Literature has empowered women through self introspection and self-learning encouraging women writers to take on the role of change catalysts in social change and asserting the individuality of women. Children's literatu...
An Overview of Popular English Language Teaching (ELT) Qualifications
This study hypothesizes that the qualification of an ELT practitioner considerably impacts the learning outcome of learners in learning or mastering the English language. Supporting the stated hypothesis, this short comm...
Stream of Consciousness, the Techniques of Shashi deshpande
Indian novel had most widely attached to the Indian history and mythology which the theme was constructed. The twentieth century witnessed a lot of progress as it had a bearing on understanding of style. The most importa...
Breaking Open the Seals: An Outlook on the Book of Revelation and its Artistic Inspiration
The last book of the Bible is the most enigmatic of all the other texts. It is the most literary and the one which has inspired art, literature and architecture for many centuries. The vocabulary of Revelation has crept...