Scripting the border
Script practices and territorial imagination among Santali speakers in eastern India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4178028 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Nishaant Choksi (0000-0002-6755-9488, University of Michigan, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 2014 |
| Issue | 227 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of the Sociology of Language (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0165-2516 • E-ISSN: 1613-3668 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/ijsl-2013-0087 |
| OpenAlex | W2323385979 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
This article examines the role of ``borders'' in the writing practices of Santali speakers, who are spread across the states of Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal and Assam in eastern India. A tension between a ``trans-border'' linguistic homogeneity and a ``bordered'' linguistic heterogeneity occurs in discussions around script. Santali is written in the various ``official'' scripts. Together with regional scripts, there is a recently invented script, called Ol Chiki (`writing symbol') in circulation as well as a Roman script invented by Christian missionaries. This article examines the alternating use of Ol Chiki, Roman and regional scripts in Santali language media. I argue that these media simultaneously posit a linguistically homogenous future while at the same time affirming a present that is deeply influenced by differing linguistic environments
Archaeology · BENGAL · Linguistics · Scripting language · Sociology · West bengal · Computer Science · History · Multilingual Education and Policy · South Asian Studies and Conflicts · Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,91 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2024 (10) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |