Braj B. Kachru

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Edinburgh
gptkb:University_of_Delhi
gptkbp:award gptkb:Fellow_of_the_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:Padma_Bhushan
gptkbp:birthDate 1932-05-15
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Srinagar,_Jammu_and_Kashmir,_British_India
gptkbp:children gptkb:Shamit_Kachru
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:contribution Three Circles of English model
Pioneering research on non-native varieties of English
gptkbp:deathDate 2016-07-29
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Urbana,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:editor World Englishes (journal)
Asian Englishes: Beyond the Canon
Handbook of World Englishes
The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures
gptkbp:employer gptkb:University_of_Illinois_Urbana-Champaign
gptkbp:field linguistics
English language studies
gptkbp:fullName Braj Bihari Kachru
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Braj B. Kachru
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Yamuna_Kachru
Shamim Ali
World Englishes scholarship
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Randolph_Quirk
gptkb:M.A.K._Halliday
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:World_Englishes
Three Circles of English model
gptkbp:language gptkb:Hindi
gptkb:Urdu
English
Kashmiri
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_America
American Association for Applied Linguistics
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableWork The Alchemy of English
Asian Englishes: Beyond the Canon
The Other Tongue: English Across Cultures
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:linguist
gptkb:professor
gptkbp:position Professor of Linguistics
Director, Center for Advanced Study, University of Illinois
Head, Department of Linguistics, University of Illinois
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Urbana,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Yamuna_Kachru
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Linguistic_Society_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7