1. The Quirk and Kachru Controversy
... limited purposes, usually business English. The estimates of these users range from 100 million to one billion. (White R, online) 3. Liberation linguistics vs. Deficit linguistics To use Kachru's model, the controversy is carried out between a scholar from the inner circle (Quirk) and a scholar from the outer circle (Kachru). The start of this debate dates back to the 1980s when, on the occasion of ... . Kachru, on the other hand refers to Quirk's position as deficit linguistics, a term which has been used when describing language learners poor competence in using vocabulary, grammar and ...
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