Abhimanyu K. Sharma

Monograph

Sharma, A. (2022). Reconceptualising Power in Language Policy. Evidence from Comparative Cases. Springer (Language Policy Series 30). ISBN 978-3-031-09460-6. https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-09461-3

Reviewed by:

David Cassels Johnson (2025) for Language Problems & Language Planning. Link

Hess-Lüttich (2024) for Kodikas/Code. Link

Sarangi (2024) for JMMD. Link

Costea (2023) for Language Policy. Link

Wang (2023) for Language in Society. Link

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Journal articles (peer-reviewed)

1)  Sharma, A. (2025).  India's language policy for deaf and hard-of-hearing people. Language Policy. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10993-025-09729-7.

See media coverage: https://link.altmetric.com/details/175238857/news

 

2) Sharma, A. (2023). DaF, COVID-19 and newer technologies: Experiences from an Indian University. Unterrichtspraxis / Teaching German. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/tger.12241 

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3) Sarangi, A. & Sharma, A. (2022). Language Policy and Federalism in Independent India. Forum of Federations, Occasional Paper Series No. 58. https://forumfed.org/document/language-policy-and-federalism-in-independent-india/ 

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4) Sharma, A. (2021). Whither the Irish Language Act? Language policies in Northern Ireland. Current Issues in Language Planning, 22(3): 308–327. https://doi.org/10.1080/14664208.2020.1846902

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5) Sharma, A. (2020). English as a Facilitator of Social Mobility in India. English Today. The International Review of the English Language (Cambridge Core). https://doi.org/10.1017/S0266078420000164 

 

6) Sharma, A. (2020). Power, Ideology and Language Policies in Scotland. European Journal of Language Policy, 12(2): 163–191.

 https://doi.org/10.3828/ejlp.2020.9 

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7) Sharma, A. (2018). Migration, Language Policies, and Language Rights in Luxembourg. Actas Universitatis Sapientiae: European and Regional Studies (de Gruyter open access), 13: 87–104.

https://www.academia.edu/37943085/Migration_Language_Policies_and_Language_Rights_in_Luxembourg

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8) Sharma, A. (2013). The Language Question in the EU and India. Treatises and Documents. Journal of Ethnic Studies, 71: 69–84. https://www.academia.edu/37749528/The_Language_Question_in_the_EU_and_India

(funded by Josephine de Karman Grant)

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Book chapter

Sharma, A. (2015). Language Conflicts, Dominance and Linguistic Minorities in India. In Schrammel-Leber, B. & Korb, C. (eds.): Dominated Languages in the 21st Century: Papers from the International Conference on Minority Languages XIV. Graz: Grazer Linguistische Monographien, 38–51.

https://www.academia.edu/38117725/Language_conflicts_dominance_and_linguistic_minorities_in_India 

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Doctoral thesis

Sharma, A. (2019). Language Policies in the European Union and India. A Comparative Study. PhD Dissertation: University of Cambridge. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.34951

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