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"The book succinctly brings out the dynamism that characterizes complex multilingual settings in which languages in contact take on complementary roles and shows how the division of roles may contribute to cohesion, not just to conflict. It also brings out the inadequacy of constructs such as interlanguage, fossilization, pidginization, creolization and transfer for understanding/theorizing language use and learning purpose in multilingual settings. This is an excellent resource for theorists as well as practitioners of language, learning and teaching." --Studies in Second Language Acquisition "The book gives the student and teacher of English in India a methodology of dealing with the linguistics and sociolinguistic situation which is pedagogically useful and which can also enable more research in the area of language change in a multilingual society." --New Quest "This collection . . . brings together in one volume much of the most influential work on English use and acquisition in India. As such its significance is not so much in its new contributions to the field as it is in bringing critiques of dominant second language acquisition (SLA) theory together with approaches to the study and teaching of English in India. . . . This volume will be of interest to anyone concerned with language use and acquisition in a multilingual context, particularly those not already familiar with existing work on English in India, as well as teachers, teacher trainers, and theorists in India and elsewhere." --Lisa Mitchell in The Journal of Asian Studies