Negotiating Languages : : Urdu, Hindi, and the Definition of Modern South Asia / / Walter Hakala.

Prior to the nineteenth century, South Asian dictionaries, glossaries, and vocabularies reflected a hierarchical vision of nature and human society. By the turn of the twentieth century, the modern dictionary had democratized and politicized language. Compiled "scientifically" through &quo...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
Series:South Asia Across the Disciplines
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Physical Description:1 online resource (320 p.) :; 13 b&w illustrations
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