ERIC Number: ED267646
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986-Dec
Pages: 31
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Varieties of English and Women's Language: Culture and Creativity.
Valentine, Tamara
A language research project investigated the phenomenon of transcreation, that is, the transference of the linguistic markers, communicative strategies, cultural notions, social elements, and contextual clues of the local culture to the native English variety. The focus is on the relationship between language and gender and the contribution of this dimension to varieties of English spoken in India. The study proposes that: (1) in this context, English is being assigned the phonological, semantic, syntactic, and pragmatic features of the Indian context and the sociocultural patterns, conventions, and ideas associated with being female in India; (2) these features are reflected in a specialized, Indianized variety of English for females in the Indian context; (3) this variety is used to represent the underlying cultural categories and assumptions of the social and linguistic behavior toward and of females in Indian English fiction; and (4) due to the innovative function of the use of English in creative contexts and the rapid development of non-native English literatures across cultures and languages of the world, this new writing has introduced stylistic, literary, and sociocultural aspects into English literature. (MSE)
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Speeches/Meeting Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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