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Yamuna Kachru was born on 5 March, 1933 in Purulia, West Bengal, India, is an American linguist. Discover Yamuna Kachru's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 80 years old?

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Occupation Linguist · professor
Age 80 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 5 March, 1933
Birthday 5 March
Birthplace Purulia, West Bengal, India
Date of death 19 April, 2013
Died Place Urbana, Illinois, United States
Nationality India

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Her husband is Braj Kachru

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1933

Yamuna Kachru (यमुना काचरु, (Devanagari) ) (5 March 1933 in Purulia, West Bengal, India - 19 April 2013 in Urbana, Illinois ) was Professor Emerita of Linguistics at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Kachru studied linguistics at Deccan College in Poona, India, and then at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (SOAS).

1965

She earned her PhD as SOAS in 1965 with a dissertation entitled A Transformational Treatment of Hindi Verbal Syntax, the first in-depth analysis of the Hindi language to utilize the Chomskyan framework.

1966

She taught Hindi at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London until she moved to the University of Illinois (UIUC) with her husband Braj Kachru in 1966.

1999

She held an academic position at UIUC for over 30 years, retiring in 1999.

She wrote a grammar of Hindi based on developments in modern linguistics, and was considered a leading international authority on the language's grammar.

She published a series of research articles in applied linguistics, mostly on the problem of linguistic creativity.

Kachru also worked on the area of second language acquisition.

Kachru was from the establishment of the field a leading scholar of world English es, and was a co-founder of the International Association of World Englishes.

2004

Kachru was the 2004 recipient of the Padmabhushan Dr. Moturi Satyanarayan Award

2006

In September 2006 she received the Presidential Award from the President of India from the president Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam for her contributions to the study of Hindi language.

She was the wife of fellow linguist Braj Kachru, with whom she frequently collaborated.

They had two children: Stanford professor Shamit Kachru and physician Amita Kachru.