Authors:Yamuna Kachru, Larry E. Smith,
Publisher: Learners Publishing Pte Ltd
Keywords: workbook, building, vocabulary
Number of Pages: 85
Published: 2004-01
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 9814133027
ISBN-13: 9789814133029

The purpose of this Vocabulary Building Workbook series is to provide students with practice in vocabulary development. The use of passages, rather than example sentences of the kind found in most dictionaries, demonstrates in a lively and graphic way just how words and sentences relate to each other and how English is actually put together.Because English has many words that each have several meanings, it is very easy to use the same word several times in a piece of writing or speech. Some ofthese words, such as the adjectives nice, good and great, are rather vague and imprecise in some of th

Authors:Braj B. Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, S. N. Sridhar,
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Keywords: asia, south, language
Number of Pages: 632
Published: 2008-04-07
List price: $128.00
ISBN-10: 0521781418
ISBN-13: 9780521781411

South Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many hundreds of languages from four major language families representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession, religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading international scholars within the fields of South Asian language and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area studies. Topics covered incl

Author: David L. Haberman
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: river, india, northern, pollution, love, yamuna
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2006-09-10
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0520247906
ISBN-13: 9780520247901

Celebrated as an aquatic form of divinity for thousands of years, the Yamuna is one of India’s most sacred rivers. A prominent feature of north Indian culture, the Yamuna is conceptualized as a goddess flowing with liquid love--yet today it is severely polluted, the victim of fast-paced industrial development. This fascinating and beautifully written book investigates the stories, theology, and religious practices connected with this river goddess collected from texts written over several millennia, as well as from talks with pilgrims, priests, and worshippers who frequent the pilgrimag

Author: David L. Haberman
Publisher: University of California Press
Keywords: river, india, northern, pollution, love, yamuna
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2006-09-10
List price: $60.00
ISBN-10: 0520247892
ISBN-13: 9780520247895

Celebrated as an aquatic form of divinity for thousands of years, the Yamuna is one of India’s most sacred rivers. A prominent feature of north Indian culture, the Yamuna is conceptualized as a goddess flowing with liquid love--yet today it is severely polluted, the victim of fast-paced industrial development. This fascinating and beautifully written book investigates the stories, theology, and religious practices connected with this river goddess collected from texts written over several millennia, as well as from talks with pilgrims, priests, and worshippers who frequent the pilgrimag

Authors:Braj Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil Nelso,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: handbooks, linguistics, blackwell, englishes, world, handbook
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2009-02-17
List price: $49.95
ISBN-10: 1405188316
ISBN-13: 9781405188319

The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. Represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English language Articulates the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes – African, Asian, European, and North and South American Discusses topics including the sociolinguistic contexts of varieties of English in the inner, outer, and expanding circl

Authors:Braj Kachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil Nelson,
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: handbooks, linguistics, blackwell, englishes, world, handbook
Number of Pages: 832
Published: 2006-12-15
List price: $204.95
ISBN-10: 1405111852
ISBN-13: 9781405111850

The Handbook of World Englishes is a collection of newly commissioned articles focusing on selected critical dimensions and case studies of the theoretical, ideological, applied and pedagogical issues related to English as it is spoken around the world. Represents the cross-cultural and international contextualization of the English language Articulates the visions of scholars from major varieties of world Englishes – African, Asian, European, and North and South American Discusses topics including the sociolinguistic contexts of varieties of English in the inner, outer,

Authors:Yamuna Kachru, Cecil L. Nelso,
Publisher: Hong Kong University Pre
Keywords: asian, englishes, contexts, world
Number of Pages: 412
Published: 2006-07-30
List price: $32.50
ISBN-10: 9622097561
ISBN-13: 9789622097568

This book is the first comprehensive treatment of the spread, acculturation, functions, and evolution of English in Asia. It discusses all major issues resulting from the introduction of English in culturally different contexts and the two-way interaction of English and local languages in Asia. It also includes an extensive bibliography representing both pedagogical and theoretical works, and lists of additional resources in world English literatures and select websites. This book provides essential reading for students, researchers and professionals in English studies and world Englishes.