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Asian Englishes : beyond the canon / / Braj B. Kachru



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Autore: Kachru Braj B Visualizza persona
Titolo: Asian Englishes : beyond the canon / / Braj B. Kachru Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hong Kong, : Hong Kong University Press, c2005
Hong Kong : , : Hong Kong University Press, , 2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxii, 333 pages) : illustrations, maps
Disciplina: 427.95
Soggetto topico: English language - Dialects - Asia
English language - Asia
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.
Titolo autorizzato: Asian Englishes  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-01661-3
9786613016614
988-220-010-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791468903321
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Serie: Asian Englishes today.