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A colonial monument de-constructed: Majeed on Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India

Asia Maior, 2019, Vol.XXX [Peer Reviewed Journal]

2019. Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the associated terms. This journal indicates that issues and single articles can be freely downloaded from the think tank webpage: www.asiamaior.org. ;ISSN: 2385-2526 ;EISSN: 2612-6680

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  • Title:
    A colonial monument de-constructed: Majeed on Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India
  • Author: Tieri, Silvia
  • Subjects: Censuses ; Colonialism ; Knowledge ; Language ; Languages ; Linguistics ; Linguists ; Prose ; Punjabi language ; Race relations
  • Is Part Of: Asia Maior, 2019, Vol.XXX
  • Description: [...]Grierson believed that «Indian languages gradually merge into each other».3 Against other European linguists, he also resisted the imperative to force Indian languages into Western paradigms which had been moulded based on European languages alone. [...]in contemporary Pakistan, the Saraiki movement has invoked Grierson’s LSI to back its claim of Siraiki’s separateness from Punjabi language, a claim instrumental to the achievement of political and economic separation of Siraikistan from the province of Punjab, based on allegations of internal colonialism. [...]the LSI and Majeed’s study of the same are important references for understanding not only colonial but also contemporary South Asian affairs. In this way, from the monolithic monument that it initially appeared to be, the LSI progressively acquires in the eyes of the reader the semblance of a labyrinth; but Majeed unpacks its complexity, making even the hardest passages accessible to the reader through a consistently structured and clear prose. Because of the myriad angles through which they approach the LSI and Grierson’s scholarship, Nation and Region and Colonialism and Knowledge are recommended readings for advanced students and researchers across disciplines.
  • Publisher: Rome: Viella Libreria Editrice
  • Language: English;Italian
  • Identifier: ISSN: 2385-2526
    EISSN: 2612-6680
  • Source: AUTh Library subscriptions: ProQuest Central
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