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De-Hegemonizing Language Standards: Learning from (Post)Colonial Englishes About
DeHegemonizing Language Standards Learning from Colonial Englishes About English - Post - Language, Discourse, Society
Author: Arjuna Parakrama
This study establishes the discriminatory and elitist nature of standard languages and standardization itself, considering as counter-example the case of Sri Lankan English as symptomatic of the other or post-colonial Englishes. On the basis of this understanding of the standard, while at the same time accepting the necessity of standards, howev...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780333616345
ISBN-10: 0333616340
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Book Type: Hardcover
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