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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458226503321

Autore

Kachru Braj B

Titolo

Asian Englishes [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the canon / / Braj B. Kachru

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-283-01661-3

9786613016614

988-220-010-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (358 p.)

Collana

Asian Englishes today

Disciplina

427.95

Soggetti

English language - Dialects - Asia

English language - Asia

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction: Anglophone Asia -- 2. Asian Englishes -- 3. South Asian schizophrenia -- 4. Past imperfect: The Japanese agony -- 5. Englishization: Asia and beyond -- 6. The absent voices -- 7. Medium and mantra -- 8. Talking back and writing back -- 9. Killer or accessory to murder? -- 10. Contexts of pedagogy and identity 11. Present tense : making sense of Anglophone Asia.

Sommario/riassunto

This book provides crucial reading for students and researchers of world Englishes. It is an insightful and provocative study of the forms and functions of English in Asia, its acculturation and nativization, and the innovative dimensions of Asian creativity.