VARIJAKSHI PRABHAKARAN
Biographic Data
| ID | 6223500 |
|---|---|
| NAME | VARIJAKSHI PRABHAKARAN |
| GIVEN NAMES | VARIJAKSHI |
| FAMILY NAME | PRABHAKARAN |
| SIGNATURE | PRABHAKARAN V |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of KwaZulu-Natal |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hlonipha in Dravidian Languages and Society
In recent years in South Africa much is said and written about hlonipha in African languages and African societies. However, thus far no academic has explored the concept of hlonipha in Indian languages and Indian culture. This paper, written from an Indian perspective, explores whether hlonipha is a custom only of the Zulu and Xhosa (African) societies or whether it is also present in the Indian society
Multilingualism and language shift in South Africa
In this article an attempt is made to demonstrate the intergenerational language shift of a sub-minority linguistic group, the immigrant Andhras, who speak Telugu as their home language, in a multilingual context in South Africa. The major part of the article focuses on the causes for bilingualism, multilingualism and language shift of the Andhras over the past 137 years in South Africa. The latter part of the article discusses the present status…
The Parameters of Maintenance of the Telugu Language in South Africa
The present-day Indian languages in South Africa owe their existence to the indentured Indians who brought various Indian languages to Natal. After 137 years of their existence in South Africa, many of the Indian languages have been completely eroded (eg. Kannada, Malayalam among others) and some are in the process of erosion. English, as the language of power and the lingua franca in South Africa, is a dominant “out-group” language for all South…
Multilingualism and language shift in South Africa
In this article an attempt is made to demonstrate the intergenerational language shift of a sub-minority linguistic group, the immigrant Andhras, who speak Telugu as their home language, in a multilingual context in South Africa. The major part of the article focuses on the causes for bilingualism, multilingualism and language shift of the Andhras over the past 137 years in South Africa. The latter part of the article discusses the present status…
The Parameters of Maintenance of the Telugu Language in South Africa
The present-day Indian languages in South Africa owe their existence to the indentured Indians who brought various Indian languages to Natal. After 137 years of their existence in South Africa, many of the Indian languages have been completely eroded (eg. Kannada, Malayalam among others) and some are in the process of erosion. English, as the language of power and the lingua franca in South Africa, is a dominant “out-group” language for all South…
Hlonipha in Dravidian Languages and Society
In recent years in South Africa much is said and written about hlonipha in African languages and African societies. However, thus far no academic has explored the concept of hlonipha in Indian languages and Indian culture. This paper, written from an Indian perspective, explores whether hlonipha is a custom only of the Zulu and Xhosa (African) societies or whether it is also present in the Indian society
Multilingualism and language shift in South Africa
In this article an attempt is made to demonstrate the intergenerational language shift of a sub-minority linguistic group, the immigrant Andhras, who speak Telugu as their home language, in a multilingual context in South Africa. The major part of the article focuses on the causes for bilingualism, multilingualism and language shift of the Andhras over the past 137 years in South Africa. The latter part of the article discusses the present status…
Linguistics (3 works) · Geography (2 works) · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity (2 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Telugu (2 works) · Anthropology (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work)