Advances in Hindi language teaching: Historical and methodological dimensions

In recent decades, the teaching of Hindi as a second or foreign language has emerged as a prominent and worldwide area of research, garnering attention from universities both within and beyond India. This volume contains original research papers focusing on teaching Hindi as a second or foreign language. Many of these papers were presented at an international conference on Hindi Grammar and Lexicon held at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) in Paris on November 3-4, 2021. The volume combines theory and practice in the realm of Hindi language instruction. The papers contained in the book, authored by eminent academicians involved in the study of Hindi language teaching present empirical support for a diverse range of theoretical framework and approaches. The authors address key issues in Hindi language instruction and demonstrate the extensive research being conducted in this area. All linguists engaged in second language instruction would find this one-of-a-kind volume on Hindi language instruction very helpful. Specifically, it would be of great use to Hindi language instructors, curriculum developers, and advanced Hindi learners. Contents: Peter Hook: Acquiring Eloquence and Elegance at Advanced Levels of Hindi-Urdu: A Tetristic Approach - Rajiv Ranjan: L2 Hindi: Talk-in-Interaction - Viveka Tripathi: Large Language Models: A technological approach for teaching Hindi - Sunil Bhatt: Colloquialisms in Hindi and Hindi as a Second/Foreign Language - Ghanshyam Sharma: Hindi Linguistic Research and Hindi Language Teaching - Elmar Josef Renner: What Sense does it Make to Imitate Grammar? - Imre Bangha: The Transition from Apabhramsha to the Early Hindi Literary Lexicon: From Tadbhavas to Tatsamas - Tatiana Oranskaia: A Story about the First Hindustani Grammars in Russian - Miki Nishioka: Emphatic Particles and Emphatic Expressions in Hindi and Japanese - Mirijana Janjic: Foreign language classroom: Can it be less stressful? - Emma Walters: Teaching and learning Hindi (and English) on two continents - Sai Bhatawadekar: Pedagogy of Poetry: A Prequel: Creative Explorations for Hindi and Urdu.