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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... term lingua franca is also an ambivalent one , where the historical development of the term is revealing . The term is now frequently applied to dominant international languages which happen to be the former colonial languages — for ...
... term lingua franca is also an ambivalent one , where the historical development of the term is revealing . The term is now frequently applied to dominant international languages which happen to be the former colonial languages — for ...
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... term , as it was premised on the belief that other cultures should follow along a Darwinian line towards the ... term to refer to the colonial process of subjugating the economies of colonized countries to European interests . It is here ...
... term , as it was premised on the belief that other cultures should follow along a Darwinian line towards the ... term to refer to the colonial process of subjugating the economies of colonized countries to European interests . It is here ...
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... term ' underdeveloped ' . The awareness generated by using the word in this way . naturally makes one suspicious of the apparently innocuous term development . In non - technical language it has a purely positive ring to it . In the ...
... term ' underdeveloped ' . The awareness generated by using the word in this way . naturally makes one suspicious of the apparently innocuous term development . In non - technical language it has a purely positive ring to it . In the ...
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