ABSTRACT
At the point of conceptualisation of this monograph, the intention of the editors was to celebrate the works and contributions of the founding father of World Englishes (WE), Professor Braj B. Kachru. We felt it was timely to trace the historical development of the Kachruvian paradigm and to reflect on the related disciplines and fields of investigation that the paradigm has helped to shape. While wanting to paint a state-of-the-art picture of the field, we also wanted a monograph that pushed the envelope of his thinking by asking expert authors in related disciplines to position their work in relation to the WE paradigm and to discuss how current developments in their field have necessitated, if at all, the need to rethink the Kachruvian paradigm and their reflections about what this rethinking might look like.
