28.833, Books: World Englishes and Culture Wars: Kachru

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Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:59:15
From: Jack Groutage [jgroutage at cambridge.org]
Subject: World Englishes and Culture Wars: Kachru

 


Title: World Englishes and Culture Wars 
Publication Year: 2017 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	
Author: Braj B. Kachru

Hardback: ISBN:  9780521825719 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 110.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521825719 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 85.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9780521825719 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 110.50


Abstract:

Written from a non-Western perspective, this book exposes the inadequacy of
oppositions such as native vs. non-native Englishes and English vs. New
Englishes. It explains why the label 'World Englishes' captures both what the
different Englishes share and how they differ from each other. It also
criticizes the kinds of power asymmetries that have evolved between the Inner,
Outer, and Expanding Circles of English, while showing the extent to which the
Outer Circle has enriched their common language and made it suitable for both
its heritage and non-heritage users. The narrative is grounded in a wealth of
historical knowledge, especially that of the colonization of the Outer Circle.
Readers are invited to compare the spread and differentiation of English with
those of Latin, which evolved into the Romance languages. This comparison may
leave the reader asking: could English break up into Anglian languages?
   
Part I. World Englishes Today:
1. The agony and ecstasy
2. The second diaspora
3. Culture wars
4. Standards and codification
5. The power and politics
Part II. Context and Creativity:
6. The speaking tree
7. Creativity and literary canons
Part III. Past and Prejudice:
8. Liberation linguistics
9. Sacred linguistic cows
10. The paradigms of marginalization
Part IV. Ethical Issues and the ELT Empire:
11. Applying linguistics
12. Leaking paradigms
Part V. World Englishes and the Classroom:
13. Mythology in teaching
Part VI. Research Areas and Resources:
14. Research resources.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)


Written In: English  (eng)

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