Yamuna Kachru
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 149850 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Yamuna Kachru |
| PRENOMES | Yamuna |
| SOBRENOME | Kachru |
| ASSINATURA | KACHRU Y |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 32 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 88 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 31 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1970 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Linguistic Creativity and World Englishes Literatures
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Handbook of World Englishes
Handbook of World Englishes
Celebrating Tom's century – 100 issues of English Today
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 Karmic cycle of world Englishes
It is not easy to look at the current momentum of the worldwide diffusion of English and imagine what the future trends will be by mid-century or even in the next two or three decades. A prudent undertaking is to review briefly the present situation and project what the coming decades hold in view of several developments that are shaping our world. The story of the spread of English and the factors responsible for its diffusion are complex. The s…
Language variation and corpus linguistics
Corpus linguistics deserves serious attention from linguists and applied linguists, since it is of direct relevance to linguistic description, language variation, lexicography, and language education. Linguists tend to be indifferent to corpora, however, as the predominant paradigm in linguistics is based on introspective data, i.e. native speaker intuition. Research has shown that intuitions are not 100 per cent reliable; the notion of ‘core’ gr…
Cultures, contexts, and interpretability1
The paper begins with a discussion of the meaning of 'interpretability' and its uses in contemporary disciplines, including linguistics and the area of world Englishes. The term has been defined by Larry Smith and several other researchers in order to make explicit what is meant by 'intelligibility', 'comprehensibility', and 'interpretability' among varieties of English across the world. However, besides referring broadly to 'context', there has …
World Englishes in Asian Contexts ‐ By Yamuna Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson
The Handbook of World Englishes
Mixers lyricing in Hinglish
Nativization of English in the Outer and Expanding Circles manifests itself in mixing of English items in artistic expressions of various kinds, including fiction, poetry, and performances. Popular songs present many instances of Hindi–English mixing in India, ranging from alternate verses in the two languages to the two languages mixed at the level of words, phrases, idioms, etc. In East Asian languages, such as Japanese and Korean, English is m…
On Definite Reference in World Englishes
Deixis, associated with the gestural dimension of language, connects all language use to context of situation. It governs a number of grammatical and epistemological categories, including topicalization, orientational mapping and definite and unique reference. The focus of this paper is on the category mentioned last in the previous sentence: definite and unique reference across world Englishes.The aim is to explore the uses of definite descripti…
World Englishes and Rhetoric Across Cultures
This paper explores the relevance of cultural values and conventions of writing in the context of writing for academic purposes in world varieties of English. The focus is on argumentative-persuasive writing. The paper discusses the various approaches to argumentation in the Western and non-Western traditions. It examines what role, if any, cultural values play in conceptualising argumentation and/or persuasion as a distinct mode of scholarly act…
Cultural Meaning and Contrastive Rhetoric in English Education
The focus of this paper is on one aspect of the relationship between language and culture, that of cultural meaning and rhetorical style in writing across traditions of literacy. The paper adopts the approach of 'socially realistic linguistics' (Labov, 1972: xiii) and questions the assumptions of contrastive rhetoric in the context of English education around the world. It proposes a methodology of contrastive rhetorical research, based on Hallid…
Kachru revisits contrasts
YAMUNA KACHRU published the article “Contrastive rhetoric in world Englishes” in ET41 (Jan 95), prompting a letter from Reinhard Hartmann that appeared in ET42 (Apr 95). The following is Kachru's reply to Hartmann
Contrastive rhetoric in World Englishes
An analysis of the cultural differences in rhetorical styles across the many varieties of English worldwide, particularly as expressed through writing
On 'new/non-native' Englishes
Monolingual Bias in SLA Research
Lightbown, P. M., Spada, N., & Wallace, R. (1980). Some effects of instruction on child and adult ESL learners. In R. Scarcella & S. Krashen (Eds.), Research in second language acquisition (pp. 162-172). Rowley, MA: Newbury House. Long, M. H. (1988). Instructed interlanguage development. In L. M. Beebe (Ed.), Issues in second language acquisition: Multiple perspectives (pp. 115-141). New York: Newbury House. Long, M. H. (1989). Task, group and ta…
Speech acts in the other tongue
Symposium on Speech Acts in World Englishes
Speech acts in world Englishes
Code‐mixing, style repertoire and language variation
In studies on code‐mixing considerable attention has been paid to certain genres of writing in prose. However, there is a paucity of studies on how code‐mixing and the resulting code variation may be exploited in various types of poetic creativity. This paper examines the Hindi poetry of the last three decades to determine the effects—aesthetic and other—of such language and dialect mixing in which English is one partner. This programmatic study …
User reactions to A Comprehensive Grammar of English
Ergativity, subjecthood and topicality in Hindu-Urdu
Discourse analysis, non-native Englishes and second language acquisition research
Recent research in discourse analysis clearly demonstrates the relevance of shared sociocultural conventions in successful linguistic interactions. Most recent studies in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), however, ignore this aspect of language behavior completely. In general, researchers in SLA have been interested in evaluating and falsifying or corroborating hypotheses such as contrastive analysis, error analysis, interlanguage, critical peri…
Conjunct Verbs in Hindi-Urdu and Persian
Monolingual Bias in SLA Research
Lightbown, P. M., Spada, N., & Wallace, R. (1980). Some effects of instruction on child and adult ESL learners. In R. Scarcella & S. Krashen (Eds.), Research in second language acquisition (pp. 162-172). Rowley, MA: Newbury House. Long, M. H. (1988). Instructed interlanguage development. In L. M. Beebe (Ed.), Issues in second language acquisition: Multiple perspectives (pp. 115-141). New York: Newbury House. Long, M. H. (1989). Task, group and ta…
Relational grammar, ergativity, and Hindi-Urdu
Mixers lyricing in Hinglish
Nativization of English in the Outer and Expanding Circles manifests itself in mixing of English items in artistic expressions of various kinds, including fiction, poetry, and performances. Popular songs present many instances of Hindi–English mixing in India, ranging from alternate verses in the two languages to the two languages mixed at the level of words, phrases, idioms, etc. In East Asian languages, such as Japanese and Korean, English is m…
Discourse analysis, non-native Englishes and second language acquisition research
Recent research in discourse analysis clearly demonstrates the relevance of shared sociocultural conventions in successful linguistic interactions. Most recent studies in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), however, ignore this aspect of language behavior completely. In general, researchers in SLA have been interested in evaluating and falsifying or corroborating hypotheses such as contrastive analysis, error analysis, interlanguage, critical peri…
On 'new/non-native' Englishes
Speech acts in world Englishes
Ergativity, subjecthood and topicality in Hindu-Urdu
Speech acts in the other tongue
The Karmic cycle of world Englishes
It is not easy to look at the current momentum of the worldwide diffusion of English and imagine what the future trends will be by mid-century or even in the next two or three decades. A prudent undertaking is to review briefly the present situation and project what the coming decades hold in view of several developments that are shaping our world. The story of the spread of English and the factors responsible for its diffusion are complex. The s…
On Definite Reference in World Englishes
Deixis, associated with the gestural dimension of language, connects all language use to context of situation. It governs a number of grammatical and epistemological categories, including topicalization, orientational mapping and definite and unique reference. The focus of this paper is on the category mentioned last in the previous sentence: definite and unique reference across world Englishes.The aim is to explore the uses of definite descripti…
Cultures, contexts, and interpretability1
The paper begins with a discussion of the meaning of 'interpretability' and its uses in contemporary disciplines, including linguistics and the area of world Englishes. The term has been defined by Larry Smith and several other researchers in order to make explicit what is meant by 'intelligibility', 'comprehensibility', and 'interpretability' among varieties of English across the world. However, besides referring broadly to 'context', there has …
Cultural Meaning and Contrastive Rhetoric in English Education
The focus of this paper is on one aspect of the relationship between language and culture, that of cultural meaning and rhetorical style in writing across traditions of literacy. The paper adopts the approach of 'socially realistic linguistics' (Labov, 1972: xiii) and questions the assumptions of contrastive rhetoric in the context of English education around the world. It proposes a methodology of contrastive rhetorical research, based on Hallid…
Symposium on Speech Acts in World Englishes
A note on possessive constructions in Hindi-Urdu
In the existing grammars and pedagogical works on Hindi-Urdu, the category of possessive expressions has mainly been described on the analogy of the possessive in English (Guru, 1952: 434–438; Kellogg, 1938: 101–102; Sharma, 1958: 34–35; Vajpeyi, 1959: 127–133, 159–170, 302–305; Pořizka, 77–78, 149–150, 277).1 In these works, it has been suggested that the genitive postposition ka , the invariable postposition ke , the compound locational postpos…
World Englishes in Asian Contexts ‐ By Yamuna Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson
Code‐mixing, style repertoire and language variation
In studies on code‐mixing considerable attention has been paid to certain genres of writing in prose. However, there is a paucity of studies on how code‐mixing and the resulting code variation may be exploited in various types of poetic creativity. This paper examines the Hindi poetry of the last three decades to determine the effects—aesthetic and other—of such language and dialect mixing in which English is one partner. This programmatic study …
Conjunct Verbs in Hindi-Urdu and Persian
On Relative Clause Formation in Hindi-Urdu
Untersuchungen zur Syntax des Hindi
The syntax of ko‐sentences in Hindi‐Urdu
(1970). The syntax of ko‐sentences in Hindi‐Urdu. Paper in Linguistics: Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 299-314
A note on possessive constructions in Hindi-Urdu
In the existing grammars and pedagogical works on Hindi-Urdu, the category of possessive expressions has mainly been described on the analogy of the possessive in English (Guru, 1952: 434–438; Kellogg, 1938: 101–102; Sharma, 1958: 34–35; Vajpeyi, 1959: 127–133, 159–170, 302–305; Pořizka, 77–78, 149–150, 277).1 In these works, it has been suggested that the genitive postposition ka , the invariable postposition ke , the compound locational postpos…
Untersuchungen zur Syntax des Hindi
Relational grammar, ergativity, and Hindi-Urdu
Bilingual Education
The Emerging 'Dialect' Conflict in Hindi
On Relative Clause Formation in Hindi-Urdu
Conjunct Verbs in Hindi-Urdu and Persian
Discourse analysis, non-native Englishes and second language acquisition research
Recent research in discourse analysis clearly demonstrates the relevance of shared sociocultural conventions in successful linguistic interactions. Most recent studies in Second Language Acquisition (SLA), however, ignore this aspect of language behavior completely. In general, researchers in SLA have been interested in evaluating and falsifying or corroborating hypotheses such as contrastive analysis, error analysis, interlanguage, critical peri…
User reactions to A Comprehensive Grammar of English
Ergativity, subjecthood and topicality in Hindu-Urdu
Code‐mixing, style repertoire and language variation
In studies on code‐mixing considerable attention has been paid to certain genres of writing in prose. However, there is a paucity of studies on how code‐mixing and the resulting code variation may be exploited in various types of poetic creativity. This paper examines the Hindi poetry of the last three decades to determine the effects—aesthetic and other—of such language and dialect mixing in which English is one partner. This programmatic study …
Symposium on Speech Acts in World Englishes
Speech acts in world Englishes
Speech acts in the other tongue
Monolingual Bias in SLA Research
Lightbown, P. M., Spada, N., & Wallace, R. (1980). Some effects of instruction on child and adult ESL learners. In R. Scarcella & S. Krashen (Eds.), Research in second language acquisition (pp. 162-172). Rowley, MA: Newbury House. Long, M. H. (1988). Instructed interlanguage development. In L. M. Beebe (Ed.), Issues in second language acquisition: Multiple perspectives (pp. 115-141). New York: Newbury House. Long, M. H. (1989). Task, group and ta…
Contrastive rhetoric in World Englishes
An analysis of the cultural differences in rhetorical styles across the many varieties of English worldwide, particularly as expressed through writing
On 'new/non-native' Englishes
Kachru revisits contrasts
YAMUNA KACHRU published the article “Contrastive rhetoric in world Englishes” in ET41 (Jan 95), prompting a letter from Reinhard Hartmann that appeared in ET42 (Apr 95). The following is Kachru's reply to Hartmann
Cultural Meaning and Contrastive Rhetoric in English Education
The focus of this paper is on one aspect of the relationship between language and culture, that of cultural meaning and rhetorical style in writing across traditions of literacy. The paper adopts the approach of 'socially realistic linguistics' (Labov, 1972: xiii) and questions the assumptions of contrastive rhetoric in the context of English education around the world. It proposes a methodology of contrastive rhetorical research, based on Hallid…
World Englishes and Rhetoric Across Cultures
This paper explores the relevance of cultural values and conventions of writing in the context of writing for academic purposes in world varieties of English. The focus is on argumentative-persuasive writing. The paper discusses the various approaches to argumentation in the Western and non-Western traditions. It examines what role, if any, cultural values play in conceptualising argumentation and/or persuasion as a distinct mode of scholarly act…
On Definite Reference in World Englishes
Deixis, associated with the gestural dimension of language, connects all language use to context of situation. It governs a number of grammatical and epistemological categories, including topicalization, orientational mapping and definite and unique reference. The focus of this paper is on the category mentioned last in the previous sentence: definite and unique reference across world Englishes.The aim is to explore the uses of definite descripti…
The Handbook of World Englishes
Mixers lyricing in Hinglish
Nativization of English in the Outer and Expanding Circles manifests itself in mixing of English items in artistic expressions of various kinds, including fiction, poetry, and performances. Popular songs present many instances of Hindi–English mixing in India, ranging from alternate verses in the two languages to the two languages mixed at the level of words, phrases, idioms, etc. In East Asian languages, such as Japanese and Korean, English is m…
World Englishes in Asian Contexts ‐ By Yamuna Kachru and Cecil L. Nelson
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