30.2980, Books: World Englishes and Culture Wars: Kachru

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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2019 20:53:58
From: Louise Bowes [lbowes at cambridge.org]
Subject: World Englishes and Culture Wars: Kachru

 


Title: World Englishes and Culture Wars 
Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
	   http://cambridge.org
	

Book URL: https://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/languages-linguistics/sociolinguistics/world-englishes-and-culture-wars?format=PB 


Author: Braj B. Kachru

Paperback: ISBN:  9780521532785 Pages:  Price: U.S. $ 32.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521532785 Pages:  Price: U.K. £ 24.99
Paperback: ISBN:  9780521532785 Pages:  Price: Europe EURO 29.17


Abstract:

Written from a non-Western perspective, this book exposes the inadequacy of
oppositions such as native versus non-native Englishes and English versus 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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