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Contrastive rhetoric in World Englishes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Yamuna Kachru
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Abstract

An analysis of the cultural differences in rhetorical styles across the many varieties of English worldwide, particularly as expressed through writing

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Research Article
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English Today , Volume 11 , Issue 1 , January 1995 , pp. 21 - 31
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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