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Autore |
Kachru Braj B |
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Titolo |
Asian Englishes [[electronic resource] ] : beyond the canon / / Braj B. Kachru |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-01661-3 |
9786613016614 |
988-220-010-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (358 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Dialects - Asia |
English language - Asia |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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