Language, mind and society : a language and education reader / edited by Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar

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Publication details: Hyderabad : Orient Blackswan Private Limited, 2022.Description: x, 302 p. : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:

9789354420580 (pbk.)

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418 AGN

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Acknowledgements Publisher’s Acknowledgements Introduction Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar 1. Language Defined Edward Sapir 2. Nature and Structure of Language Rama Kant Agnihotri 3. Child Language Acquisition: Cross-Linguistic Evidence for Universal Grammar Ayesha Kidwai, Benu Pareek and Yangchen Roy 4. Language Analysis Rajesh Kumar 5. How Language Works Steven Pinker 6. Knowledge of Language: The Chomskyan Perspective K. A. Jayaseelan 7. Language and Cognition Catherine Caldwell-Harris 8. Linguistic and Communicative Competence Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar 9. Issues of Language Proficiency Rama Kant Agnihotri 10. Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm Rooted in Multilinguality Rama Kant Agnihotri 11. Social Influences on the Choice of a Linguistic Variant John L. Fischer 12. Identity and Multilinguality: The Case of India Rama Kant Agnihotri 13. Politeness and Language Suranjana Barua 14. Constituent Assembly Debates on Language Rama Kant Agnihotri 15. Teaching a Native Language Jerome S. Bruner 16. Linguistics and the Teaching of English M. A. K. Halliday 17. Language and Learning in Education Rajesh Kumar and Rama Kant Agnihotri Conclusion Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar

Summary: Language, Mind and Society: A Language and Education Reader is a collection of essays that has been curated to create awareness about the interactional nature and structure of language, and to explore and examine its relationship with mind, society and education. This reader covers a wide range of topics including the structuring of language, language acquisition in children, multilingualism, the nature of language variation, and the ways in which language is related to social power structures, among others. The essays have been grouped under four sections: the nature of language, language and the human mind, language and society, and language and education. The selections represent the diverse and multifaceted views held by scholars renowned in their respective fields, and will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the topics discussed and help them form their own ideas on these topics.

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Item type	Current library	Shelving location	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Books	Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru	2nd Floor	418 AGN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		51293

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Acknowledgements
Publisher’s Acknowledgements

Introduction
Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar
1. Language Defined
Edward Sapir
2. Nature and Structure of Language
Rama Kant Agnihotri
3. Child Language Acquisition: Cross-Linguistic Evidence for Universal Grammar
Ayesha Kidwai, Benu Pareek and Yangchen Roy
4. Language Analysis
Rajesh Kumar
5. How Language Works
Steven Pinker
6. Knowledge of Language: The Chomskyan Perspective
K. A. Jayaseelan
7. Language and Cognition
Catherine Caldwell-Harris
8. Linguistic and Communicative Competence
Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar
9. Issues of Language Proficiency
Rama Kant Agnihotri
10. Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm Rooted in Multilinguality
Rama Kant Agnihotri
11. Social Influences on the Choice of a Linguistic Variant
John L. Fischer
12. Identity and Multilinguality: The Case of India
Rama Kant Agnihotri
13. Politeness and Language
Suranjana Barua
14. Constituent Assembly Debates on Language
Rama Kant Agnihotri
15. Teaching a Native Language
Jerome S. Bruner
16. Linguistics and the Teaching of English
M. A. K. Halliday
17. Language and Learning in Education
Rajesh Kumar and Rama Kant Agnihotri
Conclusion
Rama Kant Agnihotri and Rajesh Kumar

Language, Mind and Society: A Language and Education Reader is a collection of essays that has been curated to create awareness about the interactional nature and structure of language, and to explore and examine its relationship with mind, society and education. This reader covers a wide range of topics including the structuring of language, language acquisition in children, multilingualism, the nature of language variation, and the ways in which language is related to social power structures, among others. The essays have been grouped under four sections: the nature of language, language and the human mind, language and society, and language and education. The selections represent the diverse and multifaceted views held by scholars renowned in their respective fields, and will provide students with an in-depth understanding of the topics discussed and help them form their own ideas on these topics.

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