Defining the Indefinable: Delimiting Hindi

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Table of Contents
Foreword
Defining Hindi: An Introductory Overview
	References
Hindi Revisited: Language and Language Policies in India in Perspective
	References
Traces of Sacredness in Imaginings of Hindi
	1. Sacred Languages and the Case of Sanskrit
	2. Sacred Texts in “Hindi”
	3. Hindi as Heir to Sanskrit and the Nagari Linkage
	4. Hindutva and Hindi
	5. Popular Misunderstandings
	6. Conclusion
	References
Depoliticising Hindi in India
	1. Introduction
	2. Depoliticising Hindi in the South
	3. Depoliticising Hindi in the North Indian Hindi Belt
	4. Conclusion
	References
Hindi as a Contact Language of Northeast India
	1. Introduction
		1.1. The Official Strength of Hindi Speakers
		1.2. Varieties of Hindi
	2. Hindi Used in Arunachal Pradesh
		2.1. The Structure of Arunachalese Hindi
			2.1.1. Formation of the Plural
			2.1.2. Lack of Agreement
			2.1.3. Absence of Oblique Marking
			2.1.4. Lexicon: Some Peculiarities
			2.1.5. Innovations
	3. Hindi Used in Meghalaya
		3.1. Degree of Competence in Meghalaya Hindi
		3.2. Structure of Meghalaya Hindi
	4. Common features of Arunachalese Hindi and Meghalaya Hindi
		4.1. Vulnerability of Adoption
		4.2. Particle -vālā
		4.3. Use of Modal sak as a Main Verb
		4.4. Adjectives and Nouns Can Occupy the Predicate Slot
	5. Conclusion
	References
	Appendix: Varieties of Hindi returned as Mother Tongues in the Census of 2001
Linguistic Relationships: Bhojpuri and Standard Hindi: A View from the Western Hemisphere
	Introduction
	Historical Relationship between Bhojpuri and ‘Hindi’
	A View from the Western Hemisphere
	Nomenclature
	Interaction between Various Speech Forms
	Relationship between Guyanese Bhojpuri and Standard Hindi
	Rise of the Intermediate Variety
	References
Filmī Zubān. The Language of Hindi Cinema
	1. Hindi in Urdu, Urdu in Hindi
	2. Gangā-Jamunī Tahẕīb
	3. Avadh to Bombay, Lahore to Bombay
		3.1. Parsi Theatre
		3.2. Urdu Writers
		3.3. Punjabi Migration
	4. Iśḵ, Farz, Daulat and Tasavvuf
	5. Filmī Dialoguebaazi
	6. Ġazal, Šāʿirī and the Hindi Film Romance
	7. Conclusion
	References
Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani in the Metropolises: Visual (and Other) Impressions
	1. The Fate of Urdu in Independent India
	2. Languages/Scripts in Public Spaces
		2.1. Delhi
		2.2. Mumbai
		2.3. Hyderabad
	3. Linguistic Shifts (Hindi/Urdu/Hindustani)—the Example of Delhi
	References
A Mixed Language? Hinglish and Business Hindi
	1. Hindi and Mixing, or, How Mixed Is Hindi?
	2. Business Hindi: A Mixed Variety of a Nationwide Language?
		2.1. Official Regulations on Business Hindi
		2.2. Use of Business Hindi in Official Documents
		2.3. Business Hindi— Oral Communication and Presence in the Public Domain
	3. Conclusion
	References
List of Contributors