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- Title
Varieties of Kashmiri English.
- Authors
Gazzalie, Sobial Jahane
- Abstract
English is one of the largest spoken languages in the world. It is also widely spoken in India with the influence of different 'variety' of Indian languages which ultimately results a variety known as 'Indian English'. Indian English is serried phrase that refers to variety (various forms) of English used in different states of India. The term 'variety' is used to refer to any variant of a language which can be sufficiently delimited from another variant. In general term it is any distinctive form of language or linguistic expression. Linguists commonly use language variety (or simply variety) as a cover term for any of the overlapping subcategories of a language including dialect, idiolect, register and social dialect. In this paper we will discuss one of the varieties of Indian English which is called as 'Kashmiri English'. This paper will highlight the conditions and main functions of English in Kashmir. It will focus on the sub-varieties of Kashmiri English.
- Subjects
INDIA; ENGLISH as a foreign language; KASHMIRI (South Asian people); ENGLISH language education; LANGUAGE ability; EDUCATION
- Publication
Language in India, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 1, p585
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article