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Markets of English: Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World (Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics)
Markets of English Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World - Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
Author: Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Lionel Wee
The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such conditions call for a new critique of global English, one...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780415882910
ISBN-10: 0415882915
Publication Date: 5/29/2012
Pages: 226
Edition: 1
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Book Type: Hardcover
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