Question

Describe the factors that led to the Indianization of English. From the English you hear and read around you in India, find some typical examples of Indian English. Your examples should include sounds, phrases, grammatical constructions and lexical items other than those referred to in the lessons. What should your attitude be to Indian English as an English teacher?

02 Dec 2021
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Indianization of English media has become a reality nowadays, which cannot be overlooked. It is a bi-product of the Indian cultural renaissance of the nineteenth century.

The root of English in the Indian sub-continent can be traced back to the incident of 31st December, 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I granted a charter to a few merchants of London, giving them a monopoly of trade with India. Initially English had to contend with the competition of the Portuguese language which was widely used by all European traders in India. Slowly but steadily, however, with the annexation of Indian princely states, English became the language of education in India in 1835, and was made the official language of the then government in 1837.

Confronted with a new, exotic, and diverse culture, the British rulers were really at a loss to express themselves their own experience in India and to communicate effectively with the natives. Their subjects found themselves equally at a loss to communicate with them. (An interesting record of earlier nuances of Indianization is found in Henry Yule, A. C. Burnell, Hobson-Jobson: a glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical,geographical and discursive. London: Murray, 1903. New edition by William Crooke. Reprints: London: Routledge & Kegan _________ __________ _____ ______ ______ ___.
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