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Download full textKachru, Yamuna – Issues and Developments in English and Applied Linguistics (IDEAL), 1988
A study was undertaken to demonstrate that expository prose written in Indian English exhibits certain characteristics determined by the sociocultural conventions of writing in the Indian tradition. These features of Indian English texts are often judged to be inappropriate by native speakers of North American and British English, and mistakenly…
Descriptors: Cultural Context, Cultural Traits, Discourse Analysis, English
