Publications

Books

Forthcoming

Language in Diaspora. Under Contract, Cambridge University Press

2008

World Englishes: The Study of New Linguistic Varieties, Cambridge University Press (with R. Mesthrie).

1999

Verb Movement and the Syntax of Kashmiri, in the series Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, Kluwer Academic Press.

Journal articles and book chapters

Forthcoming

Optimization in bilingual language use. Response to Pieter Muysken’s keynote article: Language contact outcomes as a result of bilingual optimization strategies. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, 16.3.
World Englishes and language ideologies. In M. Filppula, J. Klemola, and D. Sharma (eds.) The Oxford Handbook of World Englishes. New York: Oxford University Press.
Script choice, language loss, and the politics of anamnesis: Kashmiri in Diaspora. In Mastin Prinsloo and Christopher Stroud (eds.) Language, Literacy, Diversity: Moving Words. In the series Critical Studies in Multilingualism. London: Routledge
Argument Licensing in Optimal Switches. In Jeff MacSwan (ed.) Grammatical Theory and Bilingual Code-switching. Cambridge. Mass.: MIT Press. (pp. 41).
Reading Gender in Indian English Newspapers: Global, Local, or Liminal? In Lubna Alsagoff and Rani Rubdy (eds.) The Global-Local Interface, Language Choice and Hybridity. London: Multilingual Matters.

2012

Knowledge of English in Post-colonial Context: Native or Non-native? In Agnihotri, R. and R. Singh (eds.) Indian English: Towards a New Paradigm. U.P., India: Orient BlackSwan. Pp. 71-87.
Erosion of case and agreement in Hindi heritage speakers. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 2.2, 141-176. (with Silvina Montrul and Archana Bhatia)

2011

Code-switching and the optimal grammar of bilingual language use. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 14.4, 1-25. (with A. Bolonyai as second author)

2010

Unraveling Postcolonial Identities through Language. In Nikolas Coupland (ed.) Handbook of Language and Globalization. Oxford: Blackwell. (pp. 32)
World Englishes, Globalization, and the Politics of Conformity. In Omoniyi, T. and M. Saxena (eds.) Contending with Globalization in World Englishes. London: Multilingual Matters. (pp. 30)
Code-switching and the politics of nostalgia. In Imtiaz Hasnain and Shreesh Chaudhary (eds.) Problematizing Language Studies. New Delhi: Macmillan.

2008

In Other Words: Language Mixing, Identity Representations, and Third Space. Journal of Sociolinguistics 12.2. 177-200.
Minority Languages and their Status. In B.B. Kachru, S.N. Sridhar, and Y. Kachru (editors) Language in South Asia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 130-150. (with A. Mahboob as second author).

2007

On the Native/non-Native Distinction. In R. Singh (ed.) Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 55-71.

2005

Reclaiming the Local in Language Policy and Practice

2004

The Syntax of India English. In Elizabeth Traugott et al. (eds.) Mouton Handbook of Varieties of English. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. 213-227.

2002

Structural Minimality, CP and the Initial State in Second Language Acquisition (with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt as second author). Second Language Research, 18.4. 348-392.
Experts, Dialects, and Discourse. International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 12.1. 74-109.

2001

World Englishes. Annual Review of Anthropology, 30. 527-550.
Language Economy, Standardization, and World Englishes. In Edwin Thumboo (ed.) The Three Circles of English. Singapore: UniPress. 401-422.
Constraint Demotion and Null-Subjects in Spanish L2 Acquisition. In Joaquim Camps and Caroline Wiltshire (eds.) Romance Syntax, Semantics and their L2 Acquisition. Philadelphia: John Benjamin. (with Larry LaFond and Rachel Hayes). 121-135.
Code-switching: Structural Models. In Rajend Mesthrie (ed.) Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Science. 456-461.

2000

Optimal Expressions in Indian English. English Language and Linguistics, 4.1. 69-95.

1997

Constraints, Code-Switching and Optimal Grammars. Lingua, 102.4 123-151.
Code-Switching and the Functional Head Constraint. World Englishes, 16.1. 171-176.
Optimal L2 Syllables: Interactions of Transfer and Developmental effects. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 19.3. 331-378. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.

1996

Introduction. Symposium on Constraints on Code-Switching. World Englishes, 15.3. 359-360.
On the Grammar of Bilingual Code-Switching. World Englishes, 15.3. 369-375.
Transfer in L2 Grammars: ‘Commentary on Epstein, Flynn and Martohardjono’s Second language acquisition: theoretical and experimental issues in contemporary research.’ Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 19.4. 715-716. Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt.

1995

Prescriptivism, Creativity, and World Englishes. World Englishes, 14.2. 247-260.
The Uprooted, The Indentured, and The Segregated: South African Indian English. Review article, Journal of Pidgins and Creoles, 10.2. 381-396.

1994

On Experiencers and Subjects of Perfect Predicates. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 24.1/2. 73-84.
Word Order, Configurationality and the Structure of the Kashmiri Clause. In M. Butt, T. H. King & G. Ramchand (eds.) Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages. Stanford: CSLI. 31-66.

1993

On Hindi Agreement. South Asian Language Review, 3.1. 65-78.

1992

Language Identity, Conflict and Convergence in South Asia. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 22.1. 1-21.
Sociolinguistic Area and Language Planning. In E. Dimock Jr., B. Kachru, and BH. Krishnamurti (eds.) Dimensions of South Asia as a Sociolinguistic Area: Papers in Memory of G. Kelly. New Delhi: Oxford & IBH. 47-69.

1989

Language Planning and Language Conflict. International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 75. 73-85.
The Problem of MT Maintenance in Multilingual Setting: The Kashmiri Case. International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics, 18.2. 40-50.
Good Mixes and Odd Mixes: Implications for the Bilingual's Grammar. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences, 19.1. 165-168.

Edited volumes

2008

Selected Papers from SLRF-2007. (with Melissa Bowles, Rebecca Foote, and Silvia Perpinan). Cascadilla Press.

1996

Special issue of World Englishes (1996), symposium on “Constraints on Code-Switching.” 15.3.

1993

Co-edited (with Yamuna Kachru) special issue of South Asian Language Review (1993), on Hindi Syntax. 3.1.

Book reviews

2005

Review of Robert Kaplan’s (edited) The Oxford Handbook of Applied Linguistics. Language.

2002

Review of Suresh Canagarajah’s Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching. Language in Society, 31.4. 631-634.

1999

Review of Kashi Wali and Omkar Koul’s Kashmiri: A Cognitive-Descriptive Grammar. Lingua, 109.4. 311-314.
Review of R. K. Agnihotri and A. L. Khanna (eds.) English Language Teaching in India: Issues and Innovations. World Englishes, 18.2. 298-300.

1997

Review of Rajendra Singh et al., (eds) Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 20. 123-124.

1996

Review of Rajendra Singh et al., (eds) Explorations in Indian Sociolinguistics. Anthropological Linguistics. 39.1. 180-183.

1995

Review of Tim W. Machan and Charles T. Scott (eds.) English in its Social Contexts: Essays in Historical Sociolinguistics. World Englishes, 14.2. 307-310.

1994

Review of Rajend Mesthrie’s English in Language Shift: The History, Structure and Sociolinguistics of South African Indian English. Anthropological Linguistics. 31.3. 524-526.
Review of G. D. McConnell’s A Macro-Sociolinguistic Analysis of Language Vitality. Saint-Foy: Laval University Press, Anthropological Linguistics, 33.4, 461-463.

1991

Review of S.N. Sridhar’s Kannada, In: South Asia In Review (SAIR), 15-16.

Articles in conference proceedings

2010

Code-switching and optimal grammars. To appear in the Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society.

1999

Optimal Questions in L2 Acquisition. University of Pittsburgh Working Papers in Linguistics, 4. 49-61.

1997

Optimality and the Syntax of Lectal Variation. Penn Working Papers in Linguistics, 4.1. 271-297.

1995

Code-Switching and the Functional Head Constraint. In Janet M. Fuller et al. (eds.) Proceedings of Eastern States Conference On Linguistics 94. Ithaca, N.Y.: DMLL. 1-12.

1994

The Case of Quirky Constructions. In Alice Davison et al. (eds.) Proceedings of The Formal Linguistic Society of Mid-America (FLSM) IV. 20-34.

1993

Psyched Out – Analyzing Quirky Constructions. In Katharine Beals et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the 29th Chicago Linguistic Society Meeting, Chicago. 77-88.
On the Nature of L1 Filter and Cross Language Transfer Effects. In A. James & J. Leather (eds.) New Sounds ‘92. (Co-authored with Barbara Hancin-Bhatt). 14-29.
Dative Subjects and Retreats in UG. In C. Hunt, T. Perry and V. Samiian (eds.) Proceedings of the Western Conference on Linguistics, 4. 48-59.
On the Composition of COMP and Parameters of V2. In D. Bates (ed.) Proceedings of West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, 10. (Co-authored with James Yoon.) 41-52.

1990

Why Language Planning Fails in India: The Minority Language Question. In E. Cheryl, et al. (eds.) Proceedings of the Mid-America Linguistic Conference, University of Northern Iowa.

Works in Progess

Differential Object Marking in Spanish, Hindi and Romanian as heritage languages. To be submitted to Language. (with S. Montrul and R. Girju)
Ergative and Accusative case marking in Hindi L2 learners and heritage speakers. (with S. Montrul, A. Bhatia, and V. Puri)
Comprehension and Production of Accusative Case marking in Hindi Heritage Speakers. (with S. Montrul and A. Bhatia)

Image from the cover of World Englishes: The Study of New Linguistics Varieties (Cambridge Africa Collection), Rajend Mesthrie and Rakesh M. Bhatt.