Important Researchers
Besides those already mentioned, the following researchers have been instrumental in the development of Indian sociolinguistics:
- William Bright who, along with A. K. Ramanujan, wrote early work on phonetic and phonemic innovation in Brahman and non-Brahman dialects. Bright also wrote on semantic structural differences among speakers.
- Murray Barnson Emeneau, who had written the classic paper India as a Linguistic Area, also wrote on ritual language and ritual culture.
- Prabodh Bechardas Pandit focused on sociolinguistic aspects of convergence and language shift.
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