World Englishes and Culture Wars

by Braj B. Kachru

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521532787
• ISBN13: 9780521532785
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"