Local Politics of Global English

Case Studies in Linguistic Globalization

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

AvSelma K. Sonntag

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The status of English as a global language is deeply divisive and hotly contested. The Local Politics of Global English analyzes linguistic globalization in five countries that differ greatly in both their degree of global integration and their use of English. By drawing on the work of language scholars and the growing field of globalization studies, the author provides a revealing portrait of how politicians, activists, scholars and policy-makers in the United States, France, India, South Africa, and Nepal are debating the questions that plague local controversies over global English. Concepts of hegemony and resistance, elites and subalterns, and liberalization and democratization are incorporated into case studies that provide insight into the politics of linguistic globalization from above and from below. Of interest to students of politics and culture, as well as teachers and learners of language, The Local Politics of Global English is a detailed examination of a timely and controversial topic.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-10-28
Mått158 x 236 x 18 mm
Vikt367 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor168
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9780739105979

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Chapter 1 Introduction: What is Global English?Chapter 2 Globalization and the Politics of LanguageChapter 3 Language Politics in the United States: Projecting a Global Vision?Chapter 4 Language Politics in France, or How Do You Say "Junk Food" in Breton?Chapter 5 Subaltern Language Politics in IndiaChapter 6 Language Politics in Democratic Transitions: Comparing South Africa and NepalChapter 7 Understanding Linguistic Globalization

The focus of Professor Sonntag’s book, local political responses to the globalization of English, becomes more important every day, and it has the potential to illuminate our understanding of a wide range of political phenomena. The book’s use of well-chosen case studies within a nicely framed analytical structure provides just the right combination of theory and empirical data to fulfill its promise. Theoretically grounded, empirically rich, written in accessible prose, and filled with deeply thoughtful insights and reflections, this book makes a substantial contribution to the literatures on language politics, comparative politics, globalization, and socio-linguistics.