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What emerges from Kachru's fine work is the potential demarcation of an entire field, rather than merely the fruitful exploration of a topic. . . . Kachru is to be congratulated for having taken us as far as he already has and for doing so in so stimulating and so productive a fashion. -- World Englishes A potent addition to theoretical, sociolinguistic, attitudinal and methodological explorations vis-a-vis the spread and functions of, and innovations in, English from the viewpoint of a non-Western scholar. -- The Language Teacher Winner of the Joint First Prize, Duke of Edinburgh English Language Book Competition of the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, 1987
W. Nelson Francis (Sun,) studied this question.