Negotiating Languages: Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia

by Walter N Hakala

Prior to the nineteenth century, South Asian dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies reflected a hierarchical vision of nature and human society. By the turn of the twentieth century, the modern dictionary had democratized and politicized language. Compiled "scientifically" through "historical principles," the modern dictionary became a concrete symbol of a nation's arrival on the world stage.

Following this phenomenon from the late seventeenth...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231178301
• ISBN13: 9780231178303
• Release Date: August 2016
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher