With admiration, gratitude, and deep respect: In honor of Professor Yamuna Kachru (1933-2013)

ABSTRACT Professor Yamuna Kachru spent her early years in India, where she completed her BA and MA studies in Hindi language and literature, as well as a Diploma in Linguistics. She went to the UK in 1959, where she taught at SOAS, and completed her PhD. In 1965 she moved to the University of Illino...

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Published inWorld Englishes Vol. 34; no. 1; pp. 3 - 5
Main Authors BOLTON, KINGSLEY, DAVIS, DANIEL R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2015
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Applied Linguistics
Awards & honors
Discourse Analysis
Linguistics
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Summary:ABSTRACT Professor Yamuna Kachru spent her early years in India, where she completed her BA and MA studies in Hindi language and literature, as well as a Diploma in Linguistics. She went to the UK in 1959, where she taught at SOAS, and completed her PhD. In 1965 she moved to the University of Illinois at Urbana‐Champaign to join her husband Professor Braj B. Kachru in the Linguistics Department. Over the course of her career she published an impressive body of work that included research on South Asian linguistics, Hindi language studies, applied linguistics, Asian Englishes, contrastive rhetoric, discourse analysis, and cross‐cultural communication. Her many awards include the Presidential Award for her research and publications on Hindi linguistics, which she received from the President of India in 2006. The collection of papers in this special issue pays tribute to her life and work, with much admiration, gratitude and deep respect.
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ArticleID:WENG12128
ISSN:0883-2919
1467-971X
DOI:10.1111/weng.12128