Linguistic ImperialismOUP Oxford, 09.04.1992 - 374 Seiten This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. It looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language. |
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... issue of international standard- ization as an unprecedented challenge to language policy makers ' but feels that ... issues are of central concern , as is the underlying question of who has the power to impose a particular norm and ...
... issue of international standard- ization as an unprecedented challenge to language policy makers ' but feels that ... issues are of central concern , as is the underlying question of who has the power to impose a particular norm and ...
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... issues being dynamically worked out . The issue here is less one of language spread than the spread of a particular scientific tradition . What needs analysis is the anatomy of the discourse of one particular example of scientific ...
... issues being dynamically worked out . The issue here is less one of language spread than the spread of a particular scientific tradition . What needs analysis is the anatomy of the discourse of one particular example of scientific ...
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... issues in relation to professionalism . The two books are general introductions to glottopolitics and how languages rise and fall . Both authors see languages as living organisms which emerge , grow , and prosper or die . Languages ...
... issues in relation to professionalism . The two books are general introductions to glottopolitics and how languages rise and fall . Both authors see languages as living organisms which emerge , grow , and prosper or die . Languages ...
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Taking stock of a world commodity | 1 |
English the dominant language | 17 |
Notes | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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