Asian Englishes : beyond the canon /

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Providing useful reading for students and researchers of world Englishes in the Asian context, this study of the users and uses of English in Asia contextualizes a variety of theoretical, applied and ideological issues with refreshing interpretations and re-evaluations.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kachru, Braj B.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2005.
Series:Asian Englishes today.
Subjects:
English language > Dialects > Asia.
English language > Asia.
Anglais (Langue) > Dialectes > Asie.
Anglais (Langue) > Asie.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > General.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > General.
English language.
English language > Dialects.
Sprachvariante
Asia.
Asien
Englisch.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations; Series editor's preface; Preface; Acknowledgements; Phonetic symbols and transcription; 1
  • Introduction: Anglophone Asia; Part I
  • Contexts; 2
  • Asian Englishes; 3
  • South Asian schizophrenia; 4
  • Past imperfect: The Japanese agony; Part II
  • Convergence; 5
  • Englishization: Asia and beyond; 6
  • The absent voices; Part III
  • Mantras; 7
  • Medium and mantra; 8
  • Talking back and writing back; Part IV
  • Predator; 9
  • Killer or accessory to murder?; Part V
  • Pedagogy; 10
  • Contexts of pedagogy and identity; Part VI
  • Afterword.

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