Reflections on Hindi and history

In this paper, I consider historical periods, linguistic categories, and social theories in relation to Hindi in order to trace out the character and trajectory of the language. From sixteenth-century courtly contexts, to the adoption of the Devanagari script in the twentieth century by nationalists...

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Main Author: Pace, Colin Gaylon
Format: Others
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/26223