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Autore |
Kachru Braj B |
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Titolo |
Asian Englishes : beyond the canon / / Braj B. Kachru |
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Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2005 |
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Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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9786613016614 |
9781283016612 |
1283016613 |
9789882200104 |
9882200109 |
9789622096653 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (358 pages) |
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Collana |
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Classificazione |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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English language - Dialects - Asia |
English language - Asia |
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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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Intro -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- Series editor's preface -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Phonetic symbols and transcription -- 1 - Introduction: Anglophone Asia -- Part I - Contexts -- 2 - Asian Englishes -- 3 - South Asian schizophrenia -- 4 - Past imperfect: The Japanese agony -- Part II - Convergence -- 5 - Englishization: Asia and beyond -- 6 - The absent voices -- Part III - Mantras -- 7 - Medium and mantra -- 8 - Talking back and writing back -- Part IV - Predator -- 9 - Killer or accessory to murder? -- Part V - Pedagogy -- 10 - Contexts of pedagogy and identity -- Part VI - Afterword -- 11 - Present tense: Making sense of Anglophone Asia -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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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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