Licked by the Mother Tongue: Imagining Everyday Sanskrit at Home and in the World

This paper examines the ways in which Sanskrit revivalists in contemporary India imagine social contexts for the production and reproduction of Sanskrit speech. In contrast to the received view of Sanskrit as being a ritual language par excellence, opposed at every step to the domestic sphere and ev...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of linguistic anthropology 2008-06, Vol.18 (1), p.24-45
1. Verfasser:	Hastings, Adi
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Cultural anthropology Hindus Homes Indian culture Language Linguistic anthropology Linguistics Middle class Mothers Native language Native languages Phrases Rituals Sanskrit
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