Yamuna Kachru's contribution to linguacultural studies. Issue 1 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: PROSHINA, ZOYA G.; SMITH, LARRY E.; SRIDHAR, S.N.
• Is Part Of: World Englishes. Volume 34:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 127
• Page End: 132
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: English language -- Foreign countries -- Periodicals; English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers -- Periodicals; English language -- Variation -- Periodicals; Intercultural communication -- Periodicals; 428.2407
• DOI: 10.1111/weng.12123
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0883-2919

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title>ABSTRACT</title> <p>This paper summarizes the major theses Professor Yamuna Kachru developed in the field of linguaculture: the relations between language and culture, role of English diversity in enriching speaker's worldview, dependence of language dynamics on the change of the sociocultural context; cultural specifics of text types; the culture's effects on cognition; impact of social conventions and linguistic strategies on intercultural communication, and role of contact literature in enriching English user's background knowledge. All these arguments serve as a solid basis for the world Englishes paradigm closely associated with intercultural communication studies.</p> </abstract>