Despite extensive work on the description of Indian English(es), only limited attention has been paid to attitudes towards the variety among its speakers. This paper reports on semi-structured interviews eliciting language attitudes with 32 educated young students and professionals in Hyderabad, India. Results reveal that Indian English is occupying an increasingly legitimate position within the popular consciousness, and that there is an increasing sense of ownership of a supra-local or pan-dialectal ‘Indian English’. There is an expressed desire for Indian English to continue to expand, and to be accepted as one of the authentic languages of India. The participants exhibited relatively high levels of linguistic security, and while a certain ‘nostalgia’ for British English was retained by some, Indian English appears to be emerging as an authentic carrier of Indian identity.

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印度海得拉巴年轻城市专业人士对印度英语的态度

尽管对印度英语的描述做了大量工作，但人们对其说话者的多样性所持的态度却十分有限。本文报告了在印度海得拉巴对 32 名受过教育的年轻学生和专业人士进行的半结构式访谈，该访谈引发了语言态度。结果表明，印度英语在大众意识中占据越来越合法的地位，并且人们对超本地或泛方言的“印度英语”的主人翁意识越来越强。人们表达了希望印度英语继续发展并被接受为印度正宗语言之一的愿望。参与者表现出相对较高的语言安全水平，虽然一些人对英式英语保留了一定的“怀旧之情”，