The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures

by Braj B. Kachru (Editor)

The Other Tongue is a prophetic book, but not after the manner of Cassandra. Its prophecies have been heard as well as fulfilled. The study of English as an international language, now well established around the world, is due in no small measure to the influence of this book and the associated work of Braj Kachru.

Contents:
Introduction: The other side of English / Braj B. Kachru --
pt. 1. English in non-native contexts: directions and issues: Sociology of English as an additional language / Joshua A. Fishman --
The localized forms of English / Peter Strevens --
Models for non-native Englishes / Braj B. Kachru --
Intelligibility and non-native varieties of English / Cecil Nelson --
pt. 2. Nativization: formal and functional: The Africanization of English / Eyamba G. Bokamba --
Standard Nigerian English: issues of identification / Ayo Bamgbose --
Kenyan English / Jane E. Zuengler --
Chinese varieties of English / Chin-Chuan Cheng --
English in a South Indian urban context / Kamal K. Sridhar --
Singapore English: rhetorical and communicative styles / Jack C. Richards --
English in Japanese communicative strategies / James Stanlaw --
Toward a description of Caribbean English / Dennis R. Craig --
Caribbean English: form and function / Lilith M. Haynes --
pt. 3. Contact and change: question of a standard: American English: from a colonial substandard to a prestige language / Henry Kahane --
American English: quest for a model / Shirley Brice Heath --
Pringlish: still more language contact in Puerto Rico / Rose Nash --
The life cycle of non-native Englishes: a case study / Rodney F. Moag --
pt. 4. New English literatures: themes and styles: Non-native English literatures: context and relevance / S.N. Sridhar --
Style range in new English literatures / Ann Lowry Weir --
pt. 5. Contextualization: text in context: Meaning in deviation: toward understanding non-native English texts / Braj B. Kachru.

Genres: Language

416 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1992

About the author

Braj B. Kachru was Center for Advanced Study Professor of Linguistics and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Emeritus, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.

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