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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... operation simultaneously with sexism , racism , or classism , but linguicism refers exclusively to ideologies and structures where language is the means for effecting or maintaining an unequal allocation of power and resources . This ...
... operation simultaneously with sexism , racism , or classism , but linguicism refers exclusively to ideologies and structures where language is the means for effecting or maintaining an unequal allocation of power and resources . This ...
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... operation . ' The following two annual reports had pruned this down to ' The British Council is an independent body which promotes Britain abroad . It has offices in eighty - two countries . ' By 1987/88 this had become a brisk ' The ...
... operation . ' The following two annual reports had pruned this down to ' The British Council is an independent body which promotes Britain abroad . It has offices in eighty - two countries . ' By 1987/88 this had become a brisk ' The ...
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... operation of the scheme ( which does not appear to have been investigated ) would be likely to find that the operation perpetuates the dependence of the Periphery on the Centre , that many of the titles are culturally inappropriate ...
... operation of the scheme ( which does not appear to have been investigated ) would be likely to find that the operation perpetuates the dependence of the Periphery on the Centre , that many of the titles are culturally inappropriate ...
Inhalt
Taking stock of a world commodity | 1 |
English the dominant language | 17 |
Notes | 29 |
Urheberrecht | |
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academic activities African languages American analysis anglocentricity applied linguistics arguments bilingual Britain British Council Centre Chapter Commonwealth communication context cultural diplomacy discourse dominant language economic education systems élite ELT experts English language English linguistic imperialism English teaching European experience factors Ford Foundation foreign language French functions funding global goals higher education ibid ideological India influence institutions interview involved issues Kachru Kenya language in education language learning language planning language policy language teaching learners legitimate linguicism linguicist linguistic human rights London major Makerere Report medium of education monolingual mother tongue multilingual Namibia native speaker needs Nigeria norms Nuffield Foundation Nutford House official language overseas pedagogy Periphery periphery-English countries Perren Phillipson political problems professional programmes projects promotion relation relevant role second language Skutnabb-Kangas social structure Swahili SWAPO teacher training teaching of English tenet theoretical theory Unesco University Zambian languages