Rajeshwari V Pandharipande
Biographic Data
| ID | 77566 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rajeshwari V Pandharipande |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rajeshwari V |
| FAMILY NAME | Pandharipande |
| SIGNATURE | PANDHARIPANDE R V |
| AFFILIATIONS | American Academy of Religion |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Bilinguals' creativity and an argument for paradigm shift
This paper examines the centrality of the notion of bi/multilinguals' creativity in Kachru's work and its significant role in the paradigm shift in research on world Englishes. Here, it is suggested that bilingual creativity became the catalyst for treating non-native varieties of English not as 'deviant,' but rather as different from so-called native Englishes. The world Englishes (WE) paradigm has moved from treating 'native' English as the exc…
Digital religion and Hinduism in the United States
As religions migrate from their native contexts, they adopt new languages for their communication. Additionally, in the 21st century, digital media is being used for religious practices such as ritual worship, sermons and discourses. This article focuses on the case of Hinduism in the US diaspora where the Hindu community (unlike its native counterpart in India) uses the English language and the digital media for the Hindu religious practices. In…
America' in India - Charting a New Terrain
The language of Hinduism in the US diaspora
The use of English in rituals in the Hindu diaspora in the US is a major change for the religion, since English is excluded from Hindu rituals in India. This paper demonstrates that: (a) this change has impacted the structure of English and the system of Hinduism; (b) Hindu saints, the 'authority' in Hinduism, sanction this change; (c) the media further promotes it; and (d) it impacts the degree of functional load and transparency for the languag…
Authenticating a Tradition in Transition
‘Language of religion’ is as illusive a concept (if not more) as ‘religion’ and it is understood differently within different disciplines. For example, sociolinguists treat language of religion as a register of a natural language, which they perceive as a system or a resource from which utterances are composed (Samarin 1976). In linguists’ view, what separates language of religion from its non-religious counterpart is the selection of linguistic …
Ideology, authority, and language choice
Defining politeness in Indian English
The perfected language
The history and nature of Sanskrit and its complex relationship with English in present-day India
On nativization of English
Volitionality
On the nativization of lexicon
Sanskrit in the Pre-Islamic Sociolinguistic Context of South Asia
Relational grammar, ergativity, and Hindi-Urdu
Relational grammar, ergativity, and Hindi-Urdu
Defining politeness in Indian English
On nativization of English
Bilinguals' creativity and an argument for paradigm shift
This paper examines the centrality of the notion of bi/multilinguals' creativity in Kachru's work and its significant role in the paradigm shift in research on world Englishes. Here, it is suggested that bilingual creativity became the catalyst for treating non-native varieties of English not as 'deviant,' but rather as different from so-called native Englishes. The world Englishes (WE) paradigm has moved from treating 'native' English as the exc…
Digital religion and Hinduism in the United States
As religions migrate from their native contexts, they adopt new languages for their communication. Additionally, in the 21st century, digital media is being used for religious practices such as ritual worship, sermons and discourses. This article focuses on the case of Hinduism in the US diaspora where the Hindu community (unlike its native counterpart in India) uses the English language and the digital media for the Hindu religious practices. In…
The language of Hinduism in the US diaspora
The use of English in rituals in the Hindu diaspora in the US is a major change for the religion, since English is excluded from Hindu rituals in India. This paper demonstrates that: (a) this change has impacted the structure of English and the system of Hinduism; (b) Hindu saints, the 'authority' in Hinduism, sanction this change; (c) the media further promotes it; and (d) it impacts the degree of functional load and transparency for the languag…
On the nativization of lexicon
Relational grammar, ergativity, and Hindi-Urdu
Sanskrit in the Pre-Islamic Sociolinguistic Context of South Asia
On the nativization of lexicon
Volitionality
On nativization of English
The perfected language
The history and nature of Sanskrit and its complex relationship with English in present-day India
Defining politeness in Indian English
Ideology, authority, and language choice
Authenticating a Tradition in Transition
‘Language of religion’ is as illusive a concept (if not more) as ‘religion’ and it is understood differently within different disciplines. For example, sociolinguists treat language of religion as a register of a natural language, which they perceive as a system or a resource from which utterances are composed (Samarin 1976). In linguists’ view, what separates language of religion from its non-religious counterpart is the selection of linguistic …
The language of Hinduism in the US diaspora
The use of English in rituals in the Hindu diaspora in the US is a major change for the religion, since English is excluded from Hindu rituals in India. This paper demonstrates that: (a) this change has impacted the structure of English and the system of Hinduism; (b) Hindu saints, the 'authority' in Hinduism, sanction this change; (c) the media further promotes it; and (d) it impacts the degree of functional load and transparency for the languag…
America' in India - Charting a New Terrain
Digital religion and Hinduism in the United States
As religions migrate from their native contexts, they adopt new languages for their communication. Additionally, in the 21st century, digital media is being used for religious practices such as ritual worship, sermons and discourses. This article focuses on the case of Hinduism in the US diaspora where the Hindu community (unlike its native counterpart in India) uses the English language and the digital media for the Hindu religious practices. In…
Bilinguals' creativity and an argument for paradigm shift
This paper examines the centrality of the notion of bi/multilinguals' creativity in Kachru's work and its significant role in the paradigm shift in research on world Englishes. Here, it is suggested that bilingual creativity became the catalyst for treating non-native varieties of English not as 'deviant,' but rather as different from so-called native Englishes. The world Englishes (WE) paradigm has moved from treating 'native' English as the exc…
Philosophy (12 works) · Linguistics (11 works) · Sociology (8 works) · History (7 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Hinduism (3 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (3 works)