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Record Nr.

UNINA9910799987203321

Autore

Pennycook Alastair <1957, >

Titolo

English and the discourses of colonialism / / Alastair Pennycock

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1998

ISBN

1-134-68407-X

0-203-00634-8

1-134-68408-8

1-280-18281-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (252 p.)

Collana

The politics of language

Disciplina

306.44/9/09171241

820.99171241

Soggetti

English language - Political aspects - Commonwealth countries

English language - Political aspects - Foreign countries

English language - Discourse analysis

Communication, International

Decolonization

Imperialism

Great Britain Colonies Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; English and the cultural constructs of colonialism; The cultural constructs of colonialism; Anglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy; Hong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese; Images of the Self: our marvellous tongue; Images of the Other: China and cultural fixity; English, continuity and counterdiscourse; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

English and the Discourses of Colonialism opens with the British departure from Hong Kong marking the end of British colonialism. Yet Alastair Pennycook argues that this dramatic exit masks the crucial issue that the traces left by colonialism run deep.This challenging and provocative book looks particularly at English, English language teaching, and colonialism. It reveals how the practice of colonialism permeated the cultures and discourses of both the colonial and



colonized nations, the effects of which are still evident today. Pennycook explores the extent to which English is,