Braj B Kachru

Biographic Data

ID134623
NAMEBraj B Kachru
GIVEN NAMESBraj B
FAMILY NAMEKachru
SIGNATUREKACHRU B B
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS39
TOTAL CITATIONS297
AUTHOR COUNT38
EDITOR COUNT1
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1965
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
H-INDEX9

  • Handbook of World Englishes

    Braj B Kachru, Cecil L Nelson et al.BOOKHandbook of World Englishes2020

  • Handbook of World Englishes

    Aaron G Nelson, Braj B Kachru et al.BOOKHandbook of World Englishes2019

  • History of World Englishes

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2012

    The history of the construct of “World Englishes” (WE) has evolved over a short period of not more than five decades. It was in 1978 that two path‐breaking, independently organized conferences were planned in two parts of the USA.

  • World Englishes: Overview

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruCHAPTEREncyclopedia of Applied Linguistics2012

    The global diffusion of the English language represents two dimensions of the language: one of multicanonicity and the other of multiculturalism . These two constructs of what is called a global language have yet to be seriously recognized by the English‐language teaching (ELT) profession. The reasons for this attitude are essentially ideological, economic and, of course, attitudinal. This ominous indifference is sustained and encouraged within w…

  • Celebrating Tom's century – 100 issues of English Today

    Open AccessJohn Algeo, Richard W Bailey et al.ARTICLEEnglish Today2009

    On the occasion of the 100th issue of English Today , scholars from around the world were invited to send their thoughts. Excerpts from messages received up to September 6th, 2009 are presented here

  • The first step: The Smith paradigm for intelligibility in world Englishes

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEWorld Englishes2008Cited by: 5References: 1

  • The Handbook of World Englishes

    Braj B Kachru, Yamuna Kachru et al.BOOKHandbook of World Englishes2006

  • Asian Englishes: Beyond the Canon

    Braj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruBOOKAsian Englishes2005

    This book provides crucial reading for students and researchers of world Englishes. It is an insightful and provocative study of the forms and functions of English in Asia, its acculturation and nativization, and the innovative dimensions of Asian creativity. It contextualizes a variety of theoretical, applied and ideological issues with refreshing interpretations and reevaluations and can be used both as a classroom text and a resource volume.

  • Henry Kahane

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLELanguage2005

    Henry R. Kahane was born on November 2, 1902, in Berlin, Germany, ‘an Austrian in the German world’ (Kahane 1992b:40). He was raised in the intellectually stimulating world of theatre and literature and it was there that he began his formal academic life with Literaturwissenschaft , gradually moving into Romance linguistics. Henry was drawn to linguistics, ‘attracted by the magnetic personality of Ernst Gamillscheg, a trail-blazing genius, who, u…

  • A Medium of Shakti: Metaphorical Constructs of World Englishes

    Braj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEAsian Englishes2001

    This paper discusses four metaphors that capture cultural, social, literary, ideological, and creative constructs of the English language — primarily as a medium of power, shakti. These metaphorical constructs open yet another dimension for our understanding, and indeed interpreting, the reasons for what is called the ‘triumphalism’ associated with English across world cultures. The range of such metaphors is large, and provides a rich resource o…

  • Asia's Englishes and World Englishes

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEEnglish Today2000

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  • Cultures, Ideologies, and the Dictionary: Studies in Honor of Ladislav Zgusta

    Zdenek Salzmann, Braj B Kachru et al.ARTICLELanguage1997

    Contents: B.B. Kachru, Ladislav Zgusta: Illinois Years. - Bibliography of Publications by Ladislav Zgusta. - B.B. Kachru, Introduction. - I: Contextualizing Culture: D. Bartholomew, Otomi Culture from Dictionary Illustrative Sentences. - P. Corbin, Un Film, Deux Linguistes et Quelques Dictionnaires. Un Regard Particulier sur Simple Mortel de Pierre Jolivet. - J.A. Fishman, Dictionaries as Culturally Constructed and as Culture-Constructing: Recipr…

  • The paradigms of marginality

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEWorld Englishes1996Cited by: 11References: 21

    The acquisition of English in its various functions and canons is now a major motivation for the increase in multilingualism around the world. This paper addresses the responses and reactions to this linguistic reality and varied perceptions about it. It argues that most linguists have marginalized multilingualism and neglected to face the complexities of multilinguals' language behavior, being reluctant to modify, reformulate, and reassess our f…

  • Englishization and contact linguistics

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEWorld Englishes1994Cited by: 15References: 25

    This issue-oriented paper presents several dimensions of the hegemony of the English language across some of the world's major languages, and their implications for various approaches to contact linguistics. The importance of the issues raised here is related to the multidimensional character of the spread of English; the unique sociolinguistic contexts of English across cultures; the 'love-hate' attitudes toward the language; and the development…

  • Dimensions of Sociolinguistics in South Asia: Papers in Memory of Gerald B. Kelley

    William Bright, Edward C Dimock et al.ARTICLELanguage1993

  • Perspectives on Official English: The Campaign for English as the Official Language of the USA

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEJournal of Linguistic Anthropology1993

    Perspectives on Official English: The Campaign for English as the Official Language of the USA. Karen L. Adams and Daniel T. Brink. eds. Contributions to the Sociology of Language, 57. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1990. 365 pp. DM 148 (cloth

  • The Empire Talks Back

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEWorld Englishes1993Cited by: 3References: 4

  • The Other tongue: English across cultures

    Braj B KachruBOOKThe Other tongue1992

  • The Alchemy of English: The Spread, Functions, and Models of Non-Native Englishes

    W Nelson Francis, Braj B KachruARTICLELanguage1992

    What emerges from Kachru's fine work is the potential demarcation of an entire field, rather than merely the fruitful exploration of a topic. . . . [Kachru] is to be congratulated for having taken us as far as he already has and for doing so in so stimulating and so productive a fashion. -- World Englishes A potent addition to theoretical, sociolinguistic, attitudinal and methodological explorations vis-a-vis the spread and functions of, and inno…

  • World Englishes: Approaches, Issues and Resources

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLELanguage Teaching1992Cited by: 87References: 13

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  • Liberation linguistics and the Quirk Concern

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEEnglish Today1991

    A reply to ‘Language varieties and standard language’ by Sir Randolph Quirk in ET 21 (Jan 90)

  • World Englishes and applied linguistics

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEWorld Englishes1990Cited by: 31References: 16

    This paper addresses the issue of the relationship between world Englishes (WE) and applied linguistics. The diffusion of English is seen in terms of three concentric circles: the Inner Circle (L1 varieties, e.g. the USA and the UK), the Outer Circle (ESL varieties), and the Expanding Circle (EFL varieties). The discussion is essentially restricted to the Outer Circle in which the institutionalized non-native varieties of English are used in mult…

  • The sacred cows of English

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEEnglish Today1988

    Will ‘native speakers’ of English have to change some of their most cherished and least examined assumptions as the language approaches the 21st century

  • The Indianization of English

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEEnglish Today1986

    The imperial transplant of 1835 has taken root in the soil of the Indian subcontinent and flourishes today as an Indian language in its own right

  • The power and politics of English

    Open AccessBraj B Kachru, Braj Β KachruARTICLEWorld Englishes1986Cited by: 31References: 28

    The issues related to power and politics of the English language are presented specifically in relation to the unprecedented global spread of the language. Several perspectives-linguistic and non-linguistic-used to conceptualize the relationship between language and power are considered, particularly that of Michel Foucault. The power-related issues, and their manifestations and implications, are seen in terms of various control-acquiring strateg…