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South Asian Language Practices: Mother Tongue, Medium, and Media by LaDousa, Chaise, Davis, Christina P

“…Scholars such as Murray Emeneau and John Gumperz made India prominent in the development of sociolinguistics as a field of study through their simultaneous…”
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Memes, Emojis, and Text: The Semiotics of Differentiation in Sri Lankan Tamil Digital Publics by Davis, Christina P.

“…This article draws on Judith T. Irvine’s theorizing of the semiotic processes of differentiation to investigate how Sri Lankan Tamils and Muslims configure…”
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Postcolonial Language Ideologies: Indian Students Reflect on Mother Tongue and English by LaDousa, Chaise, Davis, Christina P., Choksi, Nishaant

“…The 2020 National Education Policy (NEP) proposes a revision to the Indian education system. The document foregrounds “mother tongue,” a concept that has been…”
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Speaking Conflict: Ideological Barriers to Bilingual Policy Implementation in Civil War Sri Lanka by Davis, Christina P.

“…This article presents a holistic view of ideological barriers to bilingual policy implementation in Sri Lanka, a conflict-ridden postcolonial nation-state. I…”
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Voicing conflict: Moral evaluation and responsibility in a Sri Lankan Muslim family's conversations by Davis, Christina P.

“…This article builds on literature on language and positionality to explore the role of voicing in the way individuals configure social differences. Drawing on…”
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Judith T. Irvine and the Social Life of Scholarship by Das, Sonia N., Davis, Christina P., Hoffmann‐Dilloway, Erika

“…This issue of the Journal of Linguistic Anthropology focuses on the work of Judith T. Irvine, whose career in linguistic anthropology has included work on…”
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"Is Jaffna Tamil the Best?" Producing "Legitimate" Language in a Multilingual Sri Lankan School by Davis, Christina P.

“…Drawing on research in the Tamil-medium stream of a multilingual Buddhist National school in Kandy, Sri Lanka, this article explores how teachers engage with,…”
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Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo‐Franco Conflicts. Sonia N.Das. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. xvi + 269 pp by Davis, Christina P.

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Speaking Conflict: Ideological Barriers to Bilingual Policy Implementation in Civil War Sri Lanka: Speaking Conflict by Davis, Christina P.

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Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts by Davis, Christina P

“…Sonia N. Das. (2016). Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo-Franco Conflicts. New York: Oxford University Press. xvi + 269 pp…”
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Spectatorship, fandom, and nationalism in the South Asian diaspora: The 2003 Cricket World Cup by Davis, Christina P., Upson, Grant P.

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Spectatorship, Fandom, and Nationalism in the South Asian Diaspora: The 2003 Cricket World Cup by Davis, Christina, Upson, Grant

“…This chapter considers 2003 Cricket World Cup spectatorship in the Chicago South Asian diaspora. Focusing primarily on the 1 March India vs. Pakistan match,…”
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Sport in South Asian society past and present by Chakrabarty, Dipesh, Majumdar, Boria, Mukharji, Projit B, Bandyopadhyay, Kausik, Mangan, J A, Dasgupta, Shamya, Pal, Suvam, Basu, Soma, Banerjee, Sudeshna, Bhattacharya, Suparna, Gooptu, Sharmistha, Chakraborty, Chandrima, Dasgupta, Jishnu, Sengupta, Jayanta, Chatterjee, Kingshuk, Davis, Christina P, Upson, Grant P, Roberts, Michael

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Linguistic Rivalries: Tamil Migrants and Anglo‐Franco Conflicts. Sonia N. Das. New York: Oxford University Press, 2016. xvi + 269 pp by Davis, Christina P.

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