Robert J. Baumgardner (ed.), South Asian English: Structure, use, and users. (English in the global context.) Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996. Pp. xx, 286. Hb $44.95, pb $16.95.

Abstract

Fifty years after the nations of South Asia gained their independence from Britain, the language of the colonialists remains very much alive in the region. In fact, in some respects it is even more alive than at the time of departure – as witnessed by the efflorescence of South Asian writers in English of international stature, to the extent that the New Yorker has devoted the major part of an issue to them (June 23–30, 1997).