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 …

Professor Braj B. Kachru successfully challenged the orthodoxies of the English Studies establishment on both sides of the Atlantic (the British Council, TESOL) which looked upon …

Professor Kachru has pioneered, shaped, and defined the scholarly field of world Englishes. He is the founder and coeditor of World Englishes, associate editor of the The Oxford Companion to …

Aug 4, 2016 · CAL is saddened by the passing of Braj B. Kachru, a visionary and advocate of world Englishes, the field he pioneered and led. He was also an influential scholar on the …

In honor of Professor Braj B. Kachru, this paper highlights the legacy of his final monograph, World Englishes and culture wars. Professor Kachru was a towering figure among world …

Braj B. Kachru is a Professor of Linguistics, of Comparative Literature, of English as an International xLanguage and of Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana, IL, USA.

Jun 3, 2019 · In honor of Professor Braj B. Kachru, this paper highlights the legacy of his final monograph, World Englishes and culture wars. Professor Kachru was a towering figure among …

As all the articles and tributes in this special issue bear witness, Braj Kachru made a singularly outstanding contri- bution to scholarship in the fields of English linguistics, Indian linguistics, …

Sep 27, 2024 · Braj Bihari Kachru (15 May 1932 29 July 2016) was an Indian linguist. He was Jubilee Professor of Linguistics at the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. He coined …

Braj’s article on ‘The Indianness of Indian English’ in Word in 1965, shows his clear awareness of the distinctiveness of this variety, and the constellation of cultural reasons for this distinctiveness.