This pilot study addresses the distribution of nonstandard syntactic and lexical features in Indian English (IE) across a homogeneous group of highly educated IE speakers. It is found that nonstandard syntactic features of article use, number agreement and assignment of verb argument structure do not display uniform intragroup distribution. Instead, a relationship is found between nonstandard syntactic features and the sociolinguistic variables of lower levels of exposure to and use of English found within the group. While nonstandard syntactic features show unequal distribution, nonstandard lexical features of semantic reassignment, and mass nouns treated as count nouns display a more uniform intragroup distribution.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc5123 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Seale, Jennifer Marie |
| Contributors | Chelliah, Shobhana Lakshmi, Larson-Hall, Jenifer, Munshi, Sadaf |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Copyright, Seale, Jennifer Marie, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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