Braj Bihari Kachru (1932-05-15)15 May 1932 Srinagar, Kashmir and Jammu, British India
Died
29 July 2016(2016-07-29) (aged 84) Urbana, Illinois, U.S.
Occupation
Linguist, author, journalist
Language
Kashmiri, Hindi, English
Nationality
Indian-American[1]
Notable works
The Alchemy of English (1986)
Notable awards
Joint First Prize, Duke of Edinburgh Book Competition (1987)
Spouse
Yamuna Kachru
Children
Amita Kachru Shamit Kachru
Braj Bihari Kachru (15 May 1932 – 29 July 2016) was an Indian-American linguist. He was Jubilee Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.[1] He published studies on the Kashmiri language.
^ abParanjape, Makarand R. (31 December 2016). "Soft Power: Indianisation of the English language". DNA India.
Braj Bihari Kachru (15 May 1932 – 29 July 2016) was an Indian-American linguist. He was Jubilee Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois...
India. Plenty of Kachrus retained their Hindu last name after they converted to Islam. Notable people with the surname include: BrajKachru (1923–2016), Indian...
until she moved to the University of Illinois (UIUC) with her husband BrajKachru in 1966. She held an academic position at UIUC for over 30 years, retiring...
share no native language meet anywhere in the world. The Indian linguist BrajKachru distinguished countries where English is spoken with a three circles...
as formally called based on the World Englishes framework of linguist BrajKachru, is a recognized variety of English with its distinct lexical, phonological...
various liquid global financial markets". He is the son of BrajKachru and Yamuna Kachru, and is married to fellow Stanford professor Eva Silverstein...
1897. D. Fairbridge (1918). History of South Africa. pp. 220–21. Kachru, Braj; Kachru, Yamuna; Nelson, Cecil (2009). The Handbook of World Englishes. John...
as in Japan. The most influential model of the spread of English is BrajKachru's model of World Englishes. In this model the diffusion of English is...
nations. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-012855-1. Kachru, Yamuna (2008), BrajKachru; Yamuna Kachru; S. N. Sridhar (eds.), Hindi-Urdu-Hindustani, Language...
less equivalent to the English 'lyric'. It conveys one brief thought. BrajKachru states that Habba Khatun and Arnimal "perfected the loal form of Kashmiri...
countries where English has no special status (what linguistic theorist BrajKachru calls the "expanding circle countries"); it may also be supplemented...
Use, and Users. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 0252064933.. BrajKachru, Yamuna Kachru, Cecil Nelson, The Handbook of World Englishes, 2009, ISBN 1405188316...
Use, and Users. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-06493-7. Braj B. Kachru (1983). The Indianisation of English: the English language in India...
goal is to reach an agreement as quickly as possible. (See linguist BrajKachru's theory of the "expanding circle".) Business English means different...
for selection of the recipient included Meenakshi Mukherjee (Chair), BrajKachru, Victor Ramraj, and Makarand Paranjape Raja Rao's first and best-known...
endangerment, and 'English as a global language'. For instance, Indian linguist BrajKachru investigated local varieties of English in South Asia, the ways in which...
whereas in others, especially commercial, they follow the U.S. standard. BrajKachru divides the use of English into three concentric circles. The inner circle...
2022. "Batavian Republic 1803-1806 | South African History Online". Kachru, Braj; Kachru, Yamuna; Nelson, Cecil (2009). The Handbook of World Englishes. John...
being the native language of approximately 5,400 people thus challenges BrajKachru's placement of it in the Outer Circle.[better source needed] Furthermore...
Handbook of Forensic Linguistics. Routledge. ISBN 9781136998720. Kachru, Braj; Kachru, Yamuna; Nelson, Cecil (17 February 2009). The Handbook of World...
Americanization Francization International scientific vocabulary Bolton, Kingsley; Kachru, Braj B. (2006). World Englishes: Critical Concepts in Linguistics. Taylor...
Studies. Hale, A. (1973) ‘On the form of the verbal basis in Newari’, in BrajKachru et al. (eds) Issues in Linguistics: Papers in Honor of Henry and Renee...
Press. p. 227. ISBN 978-0-521-77939-5. Retrieved 18 October 2016. Kachru, Braj B.; Kachru, Yamuna; Sridhar, S. N. (27 March 2008). Language in South Asia...
It has won the Sahitya Academy Award for the year 1981. According to Braj B. Kachru et al. it is a path breaking work in the domain of Marathi literature...
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