Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 /

Ramaswamy, Sumathi.

Passions of the tongue : language devotion in Tamil India, 1891-1970 / by Sumathi Ramaswamy. - Berkeley : University of California Press, 1997. - 303p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-293) and index.

0520208056 (pbk. : alk. paper)


Language and languages--United States.
Critical pedagogy--United States.
Language and culture--India
Nationalism--India

494.811 / SUM.P