Contextualizing range and depth in Indian English

Abstract

This paper examines the ‘range’ and ‘depth’ of English in India and argues that these Kachruvian notions go a long way towards explaining how the language is used, exploited, extended and recreated in the sub‐continent. Data from a variety of sources, both written and spoken, literate and not‐so‐literate, are presented and it is suggested that in‐depth analyses of such data are a prerequisite to any real understanding of the local manifestations of English in the world context.

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