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050 00 $aPE2751$b.P37 1994
082 00 $a427/.95493$220
100 1 $aParakrama, Arjuna.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n94052891
245 10 $aDe-hegemonizing language standards :$blearning from (post) colonial Englishes about "English" /$cArjuna Parakrama.
260 $aNew York :$bSt. Martin's Press,$c1995.
263 $a9412
300 $axxxvii, 216 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 206-211) and index.
505 00 $tForeword /$rThiru Kandiah --$g1.$tThe Politics of Standardization and the 'Special' Problematic of (Post)Coloniality --$g2.$tTowards a Broader Standard; The 'Non-Standard' as 'Natural' Resistance --$g3.$t'Uneducated' (Sri) Lankan English Speech: A Case Study and its Theoretical Implications --$g4.$tNon-Standard Lankan English Writing: New Models and Old Modalities --$g5.$tAttitudes to (Teaching) English: De-Hegemonizing Language in a Situation of Crisis.
520 $aHere, an examination of so-called uneducated and otherwise non-standard usage in the Sri Lankan context, including popular cultural and protest writing and speech, shows that Sri Lankans communicate powerfully and creatively in this medium. The legitimization of this practice on the margins leads to a de-hegemonizing of language standards.
520 8 $aWhat can be seen in the Sri Lankan context is not specific to it, but shown to be typical of all languages in use, and, in an analogous argument, the claim is extended from the narrowly linguistic sphere to the much broader field of discursive practice in general.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xVariation$zCommonwealth countries.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xProvincialisms$zCommonwealth countries.
650 0 $aEnglish language$xStandardization.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85043704
650 0 $aEnglish language$zSri Lanka.
852 00 $bglx$hPE2751$i.P37 1995