Rama Kant Agnihotri
Biographic Data
| ID | 5723915 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rama Kant Agnihotri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rama Kant |
| FAMILY NAME | Agnihotri |
| SIGNATURE | AGNIHOTRI R K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Delhi |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0878-0913 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1985 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Revisiting Gandhi or of Friendship; Thank You, Gandhi by Krishna Kumar, Gurugram
By Krishna Kumar, Gurugram: Penguin Random House 2024, pp. 211, रु599
We, the People
Known to the world as the maker of films like Maya Darpan, Tarang, Bamboo Flute and Kasba, Kumar Shahani is one of the finest experimental film-makers of modern times. The synesthetic quality of his films which seamlessly merged colour, dance and music and silence and speech was unique and distinguished him from his teachers and companions. Most of all Kumar was a refined human being who valued friendships intensely. His could raise the mundane t…
Rethinking Language Education
This article explores multilinguality as a fundamental human trait challenging traditional views that treat language as a discrete unit in both theory and pedagogy, focusing on India’s language policies and practices. In view of India’s Three Language Formula and the recent National Education Policy, which often reflect a global North-centric bias, marginalising the linguistic richness of the global South, this theoretical article argues for a re…
Identity and Multilinguality
People often sustain their food, dress, birth, death, and wedding customs to assert their distinct identity; in the same way they assert their linguistic identity through their own variety of multilinguality. This chapter examines the linguistic situation in India before and after independence, and discusses how efforts to establish a one-to-one correspondence between nation, national or ethnic identity, religion and language led to political con…
Multilinguality, education and harmony
Language conceptualised as multilinguality is constitutive of being human and may be a potential site for negotiating conflict and exploring paths of harmony in education. In various domains of activity, most people would rather see ‘a language’ as a homogeneous, pure and standard pairing of a lexicon and syntax. There is substantial evidence to show that human linguistic behaviour is marked by fluidity rather than rigid compartmentalisation. Mor…
Language in the Material World
This article examines signage as a site for the negotiation of meaning between the potential intentionality of the creator and the potential readings of the target audience. Data is drawn from 2 major sources: sociologically and economically differentiated geosemiotic landscapes of Delhi and the advertisements of a large, well-known Indian company. The latter signage is multi-site and carefully designed, with massive investments; the former is cr…
Forms and functions of English in multilingual signage
Research on language contact phenomena (language switching and mixing, borrowing) shows that in a multilingual setting people's choice of language(s) is governed not simply by the need to be understood. Other factors play a role. These include various forms of positioning: the language, dialect, accent a speaker chooses for an interaction consciously or unconsciously displays particular aspects of his or her actual or aspired identity. These aspe…
Continuing debates over the native speaker
The Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India organized a symposium/dialogue on English in India and Indian English held during January 4–6, 2007 at the The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, India. It was devoted to a discussion of the issues addressed in the keynote paper by Rajendra Singh, which some 23 scholars from throughout the world had been invited to respond to. Although a few of the invited scholars were n…
Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm Rooted in Multilinguality
I imagine that choosing any one alternative out of the three educational models provided by Spring (2007/this issue) may not really be adequate for a new social–sociolinguistic theory for a potentially just world order. As an alternative to the persistently degenerating consumerist model of the education security state, it may not be enough to borrow extensively from the classical, progressive and indigenous models but also turn our attention to …
Hindi Morphology
Syntactic strategies and politeness phenomena
Indian English Phonology
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Syntax — The Common Bond
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Multilinguality, education and harmony
Language conceptualised as multilinguality is constitutive of being human and may be a potential site for negotiating conflict and exploring paths of harmony in education. In various domains of activity, most people would rather see ‘a language’ as a homogeneous, pure and standard pairing of a lexicon and syntax. There is substantial evidence to show that human linguistic behaviour is marked by fluidity rather than rigid compartmentalisation. Mor…
Indian English Phonology
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Syntactic strategies and politeness phenomena
Syntax — The Common Bond
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Syntax — The Common Bond
Preview this article: Syntax — The Common Bond: Acceptability of Syntactic Deviances in Indian English, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eww.6.1.06sah-1.gif
Indian English Phonology
Preview this article: Indian English Phonology: A Sociolinguistic Perspective, Page 1 of 1 /docserver/preview/fulltext/eww.9.1.04sah-1.gif
Syntactic strategies and politeness phenomena
Hindi Morphology
Towards a Pedagogical Paradigm Rooted in Multilinguality
I imagine that choosing any one alternative out of the three educational models provided by Spring (2007/this issue) may not really be adequate for a new social–sociolinguistic theory for a potentially just world order. As an alternative to the persistently degenerating consumerist model of the education security state, it may not be enough to borrow extensively from the classical, progressive and indigenous models but also turn our attention to …
Continuing debates over the native speaker
The Central Institute of Indian Languages, Mysore, India organized a symposium/dialogue on English in India and Indian English held during January 4–6, 2007 at the The Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, India. It was devoted to a discussion of the issues addressed in the keynote paper by Rajendra Singh, which some 23 scholars from throughout the world had been invited to respond to. Although a few of the invited scholars were n…
Forms and functions of English in multilingual signage
Research on language contact phenomena (language switching and mixing, borrowing) shows that in a multilingual setting people's choice of language(s) is governed not simply by the need to be understood. Other factors play a role. These include various forms of positioning: the language, dialect, accent a speaker chooses for an interaction consciously or unconsciously displays particular aspects of his or her actual or aspired identity. These aspe…
Language in the Material World
This article examines signage as a site for the negotiation of meaning between the potential intentionality of the creator and the potential readings of the target audience. Data is drawn from 2 major sources: sociologically and economically differentiated geosemiotic landscapes of Delhi and the advertisements of a large, well-known Indian company. The latter signage is multi-site and carefully designed, with massive investments; the former is cr…
Multilinguality, education and harmony
Language conceptualised as multilinguality is constitutive of being human and may be a potential site for negotiating conflict and exploring paths of harmony in education. In various domains of activity, most people would rather see ‘a language’ as a homogeneous, pure and standard pairing of a lexicon and syntax. There is substantial evidence to show that human linguistic behaviour is marked by fluidity rather than rigid compartmentalisation. Mor…
Identity and Multilinguality
People often sustain their food, dress, birth, death, and wedding customs to assert their distinct identity; in the same way they assert their linguistic identity through their own variety of multilinguality. This chapter examines the linguistic situation in India before and after independence, and discusses how efforts to establish a one-to-one correspondence between nation, national or ethnic identity, religion and language led to political con…
Rethinking Language Education
This article explores multilinguality as a fundamental human trait challenging traditional views that treat language as a discrete unit in both theory and pedagogy, focusing on India’s language policies and practices. In view of India’s Three Language Formula and the recent National Education Policy, which often reflect a global North-centric bias, marginalising the linguistic richness of the global South, this theoretical article argues for a re…
Revisiting Gandhi or of Friendship; Thank You, Gandhi by Krishna Kumar, Gurugram
By Krishna Kumar, Gurugram: Penguin Random House 2024, pp. 211, रु599
We, the People
Known to the world as the maker of films like Maya Darpan, Tarang, Bamboo Flute and Kasba, Kumar Shahani is one of the finest experimental film-makers of modern times. The synesthetic quality of his films which seamlessly merged colour, dance and music and silence and speech was unique and distinguished him from his teachers and companions. Most of all Kumar was a refined human being who valued friendships intensely. His could raise the mundane t…
Linguistics (10 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (6 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · History (4 works) · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies (4 works) · Psychology (3 works) · South Asian Studies and Conflicts (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works)