Alchemy of English: The Spread, Functions and Models of Non-Native Englishes - Softcover

Kachru, Braj B

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0080310796 ISBN 13: 9780080310794

Publisher: Pergammon Press, 1986

Synopsis

"What emerges from Kachru's fine work is the potential demarcation of an entire field, rather than merely the fruitful exploration of a topic. . . . [Kachru] is to be congratulated for having taken us as far as he already has and for doing so in so stimulating and so productive a fashion." -- World Englishes "A potent addition to theoretical, sociolinguistic, attitudinal and methodological explorations vis-à-vis the spread and functions of, and innovations in, English from the viewpoint of a non-Western scholar." -- The Language Teacher Winner of the Joint First Prize, Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Competition of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, 1987

About this title

About the Author

Braj B. Kachru is Center for Advanced Study Professor of Linguistics and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Emeritus at the University of Illinois.

Review

"The book is like a fresh breeze blowing into a dingy, staid, and stale place... It is a book that everyone interested in the English language should read." -- Vimala R. Rao, Literary Criterion

Edition details

• Publisher: Pergammon Press
• Publication date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080310796
• ISBN 13: 9780080310794
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 200