TY  - BOOK
AU  - Kachru,Braj B.
TI  - World Englishes and culture wars
T2  - Cambridge approaches to language contact
SN  - 9780521825719
AV  - PE2751 .K333 2017
U1  - 427 K11 23
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Cambridge, United Kingdom
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - English language
KW  - Variation
KW  - English-speaking countries
KW  - Foreign countries
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Language and culture
KW  - Communication, International
KW  - Intercultural communication
KW  - Sociolinguistics
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-297) and indexes and index; 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; CAS; General Education Curriculum (GEC)
N2  - This book complements and advances the traditional scholarship on the history of English. It is about the role of different forms of colonization and related ideologies in its diversification. It also discusses the consequences of its appropriation by practitioners of different cultures and its indigenization into their own language
ER  -