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World Englishes in Asian contexts / Yamuna Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson.
- Title
- World Englishes in Asian contexts / Yamuna Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson.
- Author
- Kachru, Yamuna
- Publication
- Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press ; London : Eurospan [distributor], c2006.
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- Additional Authors
- Nelson, Cecil L.
- Description
- xx, 412 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.
- Series Statement
- Asian Englishes today
- Uniform Title
- Asian Englishes today.
- Project Muse UPCC books
- Subject
- Azië
- Engels
- English language > Foreign countries
- English language > Social aspects > Asia
- English language > Social aspects > Foreign countries
- English language > Study and teaching > Asia
- English language > Study and teaching > Foreign countries
- English language > Variation > Asia
- English language > Variation > Foreign countries
- Intercultural communication
- Internationale communicatie
- Wereldtalen
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [347]-395) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Pt. I. Theory, method and contexts -- 1. World Englishes today -- 2. Conceptual framework -- 3. Structural variation -- 4. Contexts and identities -- 5. Parameters of intelligibility -- Pt. II. Acquisition, creativity, standards and testing -- 6. World Englishes and language acquisition -- 7. Standards, codification and world Englishes -- 8. Creativity and innovations -- 9. Teaching and testing world Englishes -- 10. Teaching world English literatures -- Pt. III. Profiles across cultures -- 11. South Asian English -- 12. East Asian Englishes -- 13. Southeast Asian Englishes -- 14. African Englishes -- 15. African-American vernacular English -- Pt. IV. Applied theory and world Englishes -- 16. Researching grammar -- 17. Dictionaries of world Englishes -- 18. Code-mixing and code-switching -- 19. Culture and conventions of speaking -- 20. Culture and conventions of writing -- 21. Genre analysis across cultures -- 22. Power, ideology and attitudes -- Conclusion : current trends and future directions.
- ISBN
- 9622097553 (hbk.)
- 9789622097551 (hbk.)
- 9622097561 (pbk.)
- 9789622097568 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2007320494
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library