2020
DOI: 10.1017/9781108913768
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Uniformity and Variability in the Indian English Accent

Abstract: The sounds of Indian English are distinct and recognizable to outsiders, while insiders perceive variations in how English has developed in this large diverse population. What characteristics mark the unity? Which are clues to a speaker's origins or identity? This Element synthesizes research over the past fifty years and adds to it, focusing on selected features of consonants, vowels, and suprasegmentals (stress, intonation, rhythm) to understand the characteristics of Indian English accents and sources of it… Show more

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“…However, consistent with recent literature on Indian English (Gargesh, 2004;Maxwell & Payne, in print;Payne & Maxwell, 2019;Sailaja, 2009Sailaja, , 2012Wiltshire, 2020), our results show strong awareness of variation within Indian English and of the complexity in describing this variation. This emerged in a response from IE30, who demonstrated a degree of uncertainty about the term 'Indian English':…”
Section: Indian English(es)supporting
confidence: 92%
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“…However, consistent with recent literature on Indian English (Gargesh, 2004;Maxwell & Payne, in print;Payne & Maxwell, 2019;Sailaja, 2009Sailaja, , 2012Wiltshire, 2020), our results show strong awareness of variation within Indian English and of the complexity in describing this variation. This emerged in a response from IE30, who demonstrated a degree of uncertainty about the term 'Indian English':…”
Section: Indian English(es)supporting
confidence: 92%
“…In sum, we acknowledge that the term 'Indian English' is not a monolithic entity: it is used as a shorthand in order to align with previous empirical work on this variety. There is an ongoing debate whether we are dealing with a single pan-Indian variety or multiple subvarieties (Gargesh, 2004;Maxwell, 2014;Maxwell & Payne, in print;Mukherjee, 2007;Sailaja, 2012;Wiltshire, 2020).…”
Section: English In India and Indian English(es)mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The recording was excerpted from an interview conducted by the Indian speaker, Sidhant Sibal, who is a middle-aged news reporter, working for a major Indian news channel called ‘World is One’ (WION). His speech contained features that have been documented in other studies of IE, particularly at the phonological level (Sailaja, 2012 ; Wiltshire, 2020 ) such as replacing dentals like /θ/ with dental plosives ⁄ t̪ ⁄. The Saudi speaker, Nouf Marwaai, is a middle-aged woman in her 40 s, and she is a yoga instructor.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 80%