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Introduction: Language and schooling in India and Sri Lanka: Language medium matters

  • Chaise LaDousa EMAIL logo and Christina P. Davis
Published/Copyright: August 18, 2018

Abstract

This article introduces a special issue of the International Journal of the Sociology of Language focused on the topic of language medium, pervasive in the nations comprising South Asia. This introduction provides a brief overview of sociolinguistic scholarship on education in India and Sri Lanka, a short sketch of the phenomenon of language-medium schooling, a review of the articles included in the special issue, and a summary of the theoretical contributions of the articles.

Acknowledgements

This special issue began as a panel at the 44th Annual Conference on South Asia (2015) in Madison, Wisconsin. Davis, LaDousa, and Sandhu presented papers on the panel and benefitted from discussion with audience members. Bhattacharya and Jiang, Chidsey, and Majumdar and Mukhopadhyay decided to contribute articles after the conference. Although they must remain anonymous, the external reviewers provided encouragement and insightful suggestions for revision and improvement. Their careful work is greatly appreciated.

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