Cultures, contexts, and world Englishes / Yamuna Kachru.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Routledge, 2008.Description: xxii, 231 p; 23cmContent type:
  • Text
Media type:
  • Unmediated
Carrier type:
  • Volume
ISBN:
  • 978-0-8058-4733-8
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 427.009 K11c
Contents:
Introduction : world Englishes and cultural contexts -- Part I : verbal interaction and intelligibility -- Interaction as cooperation -- Context of culture -- Parameters of politeness -- Intelligibility and interlocutors -- Part II : sound, sentence, and word -- Sounds and rhythm -- Phrases and sentences -- Words and collocations -- Part III : conversational and writing styles -- Converstional interaction -- Interaction in writing -- Contextualizing world Englished literatures -- Conclusion : world Englished : legacy and relevance.
Summary: This volume familiarizes readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and creates awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them.
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Includes bibliographic references and index

English

Introduction : world Englishes and cultural contexts -- Part I : verbal interaction and intelligibility -- Interaction as cooperation -- Context of culture -- Parameters of politeness -- Intelligibility and interlocutors -- Part II : sound, sentence, and word -- Sounds and rhythm -- Phrases and sentences -- Words and collocations -- Part III : conversational and writing styles -- Converstional interaction -- Interaction in writing -- Contextualizing world Englished literatures -- Conclusion : world Englished : legacy and relevance.

This volume familiarizes readers with the varieties of world Englishes used across cultures and creates awareness of some of the linguistic and socially relevant contexts and functions that have given rise to them.

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