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

Braj B. Kachru

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

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

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.

About this edition

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