TY - BOOK AU - Ramanathan,Vaidehi TI - The English-vernacular divide: postcolonial language politics and practice SN - 1853597694 AV - PE2751 .R36 2004 U1 - PE 2751.R36 2004 22 PY - 2005/// PB - Multilingual Matters Clevedon KW - Postcolonialism KW - Commonwealth countries KW - Languages in contact KW - English language KW - Variation KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Languages N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : situating the vernacular in a divisive postcolonial landscape -- Divisive post/colonial ideologies, language policies, and social practices -- Divisive and divergent pedagogical tools for vernacular- and english-medium students -- The divisive politics of divergent pedagogical practices -- The divisive politics of tracking -- Gulfs and bridges revisited : hybridization, nativization, and other loose ends ER -