S.N. Sridhar

SUNY: Stony Brook University, Asian and Asian American Studies, Department Member

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Linguist, literary critic and translator, and educator specializing in India and South Asian Studies with particular reference to India’s languages literatures (especially Kannada and Indian English) and cultures in relation to theories of multilingualism, second language acquisition and World Englishes.

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Papers by S.N. Sridhar

Morphological levels in English and Kannada; or, atarizing Reagan

Papers from the Parasession on the Interplay of Phonology, Morphology, and Syntax. Chicago Linguistic Society, Chicago, Apr 1, 1983

Modern Kannada Grammar

Introduction by S.N. Sridhar, The Kannada Mahabharata (Harvard U. Press)

The Kannada Mahabharata, 2024

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Indina Kannada: Rachane mattu Balake

Summary and Conclusions

Springer Series in Language and Communication, 1988

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Kannada*

Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics, 2006

Non-native English literatures: context and relevance

The other tongue: English across cultures, 1982

Salience Principles

Ananya: A Portrait of India

Results and Discussion

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In memoriam Braj B. Kachru (1932–2016)

Journal of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, 2017

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Language in South Asia: References

Language in South Asia: Preface

Noun Phrase Accessibility and Island Constraints

Grammatical Relations, 1977

Coda 2 A bridge half-built: Toward a holistic theory of Second Language Acquisition and world Englishes

World Englishes, 2018

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Mixing, multilingualism, and intelligibility

World Englishes, 2018

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The syntax and psycholinguistics of bilingual code mixing

Canadian Journal of Psychology/Revue canadienne de psychologie, 1980

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Language modernization in Kannada

Language in South Asia

Bridging the paradigm gap: second language acquisition theory and indigenized varieties of English

World Englishes, 1986

Abstract: It is argued that there is a paradigm gap that has prevented research on second-languag... more Abstract: It is argued that there is a paradigm gap that has prevented research on second-language acquisition (SLA) theory and indigenized varieties of English (IVEs) from making substantive contributions to each other. While it is true that studies of IVEs and their acquisition have been impressionistic (non-empirical) and often atheoretical, the lack of rapprochement is also due to SLA theory&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;#x27;s excessive reliance for its models on acquisition in native-speaker environments and ignorance of the dynamics of language use in ...

The ecology of bilingual competence: language interaction in the syntax of indigenized varieties of English

World Englishes, 1992

The study of Indian English (IE hereafter) has made major strides in the last quarter of a centur... more The study of Indian English (IE hereafter) has made major strides in the last quarter of a century, moving away from the prescriptivist paradigm (&#x27;Indianisms&#x27; or &#x27;common errors in IE&#x27;approach) to what Kandiah (1991) has referred to as the &#x27;Kachruvian paradigm&#x27;in which the distinctive characteristics of IE are viewed as natural, and necessary, developments as a transplanted language is used to express a unique socio-cultural content (Kachru, 1983, 1986). This shift in perspective has underscored the need for detailed descriptive and ...