Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India
Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India

Author: Mithilesh Kumar Jha

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2017-11-21

Total Pages: 457

ISBN-13: 0199091722

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Moving beyond the existing scholarship on language politics in north India which mainly focuses on Hindi–Urdu debates, Language Politics and Public Sphere in North India examines the formation of Maithili movement in the context of expansion of Hindi as the ‘national’ language. It revisits the dynamic hierarchy through which a distinction is produced between ‘major’ and ‘minor’ languages. The movement for recognition of Maithili as an independent language has grown assertive even when the authority of Hindi is resolutely reinforced. The book also examines increasing politicization of the Maithili movement — from Hindi–Maithili ambiguities and antagonisms, to territorial consciousness, and subsequently to separate statehood demand, along with the persistent popular indifference. Mithilesh Jha examines such processes historically, tracing the formation of Maithili movement from mid-nineteenth century until its inclusion into the eighth schedule of the Indian constitution in 2003.

A Reference Grammar of Maithili
A Reference Grammar of Maithili

Author: Ramawatar Yadav

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Published: 2011-07-20

Total Pages: 413

ISBN-13: 3110811693

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Volumes in the Trends in Linguistics. Documentation series focus on the presentation of linguistic data. The series addresses the sustained interest in linguistic descriptions, dictionaries, grammars and editions of under-described and hitherto undocumented languages. All world-regions and time periods are represented.

Language, Religion and Politics in North India
Language, Religion and Politics in North India

Author: Paul R. Brass

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 483

ISBN-13: 0595343945

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This book is recognized as a classic study both of the politics of language and religion in India and of ethnic and nationalist movements in general. It received overwhelmingly favorable reviews across disciplinary and international boundaries at first publication, characterized as "a masterly conceptual analysis of language, religion, ethnic groups, and nationhood", "a monumental work", "of interest to all political scientists", one that "should be required reading for any politically concerned person" in the United Kingdom (from a TLS review), a work whose "value and importance can scarcely be overstated", with "no competitor in the same class".

Dictionary of Languages
Dictionary of Languages

Author: Andrew Dalby

Publisher: Columbia University Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 1648

ISBN-13: 9780231115681

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This guide to the languages of the world details more than 400 languages in a clear A-Z style.