Linguistic Structure and Language Dynamics in South Asia: Papers from the Proceedings of SALA XVIII Roundtable - Hardcover

Anvita Abbi teach linguistics at Jawaharlal Nehru University. She has worked on a large number of Indian languages to identify semantic universals. Her research interests include semantics, language typology, field, and areal linguistics. At present, she is a visiting professor at Max Planck Institute, Leipzig. R.S. Gupta's research interests include sociolinguistics, Indian English, ELT/ESP, literary translation and stylistics. He is currently engaged in writing a monograph on Redefining English in the Indian context. ayesha Kidwai's research interests are generative syntax and morphology, with special emphasis on the interface between syntax and discourse, and syntax and morphology; the structure and sociolinguistics of Indian English; and first-language acquisition. She is the author of OX-Adjunction in Universal Grammar. At present, she is engaged in writing a monograph on the PF-component in Universal Grammar.