02958nam 2200661Ia 450 991099397350332120250415184338.097896220966539786613016614978128301661212830166139789882200104(electronic bk.)988220010910.1515/9789882200104(MiAaPQ)EBC677423(Au-PeEL)EBL677423(CaPaEBR)ebr10388199(CaONFJC)MIL301661(OCoLC)667274207(CKB)17686690300041(DE-B1597)775244(DE-B1597)9789882200104(EXLCZ)991768669030004120041126d2005 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierAsian Englishes beyond the canon /Braj B. Kachru1st ed.Hong Kong Hong Kong University Pressc2005Hong Kong :Hong Kong University Press,2005.1 online resource (358 pages)Asian Englishes todayDescription based upon print version of record.9789622096660 9622096662 Print version: Kachru, Braj B. Asian Englishes Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press,c2005 9789622096653 9622096654 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Asian Englishes today.English languageDialectsAsiaEnglish languageAsiaEnglish languageDialectsEnglish language427.95HF 563rvkKachru Braj B152019MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910993973503321Asian Englishes3963712UNINA