The rise of English : global politics and the power of language
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022].
Format
Book
ISBN
9780190625610 : HRD, 0190625619 : HRD
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Fletcher Free Library - 3rd Floor - Adult Non-Fiction | 306.442 SAL 2022 | On Shelf |
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Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022].
Physical Desc
471 pages 24 cm
Street Date
2112.
Language
English
ISBN
9780190625610 : HRD, 0190625619 : HRD
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
"Is English a bridge or a barrier to economic advancement and social mobility as it spreads worldwide? To what extent do domestic and global politics determine those outcomes? Who are the winners, losers, and resisters? How are France and China using the"soft power" of language to overtake English and to what ends? What role do globalization, a knowledge-based economy, and neoliberalism play in these developments? Using education as its lens, this book critically unpacks these and related questions in asweeping journey across four continents through diverse political and historical settings. It begins in Europe with the European Union and its promotion of multilingualism, and with controversies over English-taught courses and programs in universities inthe name of internationalization. It then moves to the post-colonial world where disputes over English in the schools reveal longstanding grievances and the inequities of historically rooted and politically motivated language policies, and where French is losing its hold to English in some former French-speaking colonies. It finally shifts to the United States where state and local officials and grassroots organizers are addressing the "foreign language deficit" and initiating programs that promote multilingualism. Drawing on a vast store of interdisciplinary research, interviews, court decisions, political commentary, literature, and popular culture from across the globe and in multiple languages, the book makes the case for a common global language (English for now) as a core component of multilingualism in a world that is growing smaller, more diverse, and more politically uncertain by the nanosecond"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Salomone, R. C. (2022). The rise of English: global politics and the power of language . Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Salomone, Rosemary C.. 2022. The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language. Oxford University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Salomone, Rosemary C.. The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Oxford University Press, 2022.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Salomone, Rosemary C.. The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Oxford University Press, 2022.
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