The Alchemy of English: The Spread, Functions, and Models of Non-native Englishes (English in the Global Context) - Softcover

Kachru, Braj B.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0252061721 ISBN 13: 9780252061721

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 1990

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: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0252061721
• ISBN 13: 9780252061721
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216