Indian English: Towards a New Paradigm

SECTION I 1. Reflections on English in India and Indian English SECTION II 2. Visible and Invisible Aspects of Language Ability 3. The Classification of Varieties: The Generative Point of View 4. Knowledge of English in Post-Colonial Contexts: Native or Non-Native? 5. Indian English 6. Multilingualism and Monolingual Taxonomies and Tests 7. Be What You Want to Be: Linguistic and Social Consequences of Withholding Native 8. The Data and the Theory: The Difficult Art of Balancing 9. English in India and Indian English: A Country Divided by the Same Language? 10. Native Speaker, Vernacular Universals and New Englishisms 11. Distinguishing Native and Non-Native Languages on Historical Grounds 12. Debating English Legitimacy: Or Will the True Native User Please Speak Up! Martina 13. The New World-Order and English in India 14. Colonial Hangover and the New 'Hybrid' 15. Reflections of an English Language Teacher 16. The 'Native Speaker' SECTION III MISCELLANEOUS COMMENTS AND DISCUSSION 17. Miscellaneous Responses: Experiences, Comments and Questions 18. Dialogue: Excerpts from the Mysore Dia