How Long to Read Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India

How Long Does it Take to Read Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 3 minutes to read Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India by Javed Majeed

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Description

This book is the first detailed examination of George Abraham Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India, one of the most complete sources on South Asian languages. It shows that the Survey was characterised by a composite and collaborative mode of producing knowledge, which undermines any clear distinctions between European orientalists and colonised Indians in British India. Its authority lay more in its stress on the provisional nature of its findings, an emphasis on the approximate nature of its results, and a strong sense of its own shortcomings and inadequacies, rather than in any expression of mastery over India’s languages. The book argues that the Survey brings to light a different kind of colonial knowledge, whose relationship to power was much more ambiguous than has hitherto been assumed for colonial projects in modern India. It also highlights the contribution of Indians to the creation of colonial knowledge about South Asia as a linguistic region. Indians were important collaborators and participants in the Survey, and they helped to create the monumental knowledge of India as a linguistic region which is embodied in the Survey. This volume, like its companion volume Nation and Region in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India, will be a great resource for scholars and researchers of linguistics, language and literature, history, political studies, cultural studies and South Asian studies.

How long is Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India?

Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India by Javed Majeed is 237 pages long, and a total of 60,909 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 32 minutes to read Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India aloud.

What Reading Level is Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India?

Colonialism and Knowledge in Grierson’s Linguistic Survey of India is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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