Linguistic Theory, Language Contact, and Modern Hindustani: The Three Sides of a Linguistic Theory by Rajendra Singh - 1998

Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 1998. 5th or later edition. Hardcover. New. 15 x 23 cm. This book raises some important questions about formal linguistics and functionalist sociolinguistics when they encompass the same subject matter, linguistic borrowing and code-switching/mixing. These questions arise in the context of formalist and functionalist accounts of language contact and are tested here against some interesting Hindustani-English contact facts from India. The test reveals what these paradigms contribute to our understanding of language contact (and language in general) and precisely where they seem to go wrong. Printed Pages: 157. Linguistic Theory, Language Contact, and Modern Hindustani: The Three Sides of a Linguistic TheoryRajendra Singh9788121508353