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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814455703321

Autore

Prendergast Catherine <1968->

Titolo

Buying into English : language and investment in the new capitalist world / / Catherine Prendergast

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Pittsburgh : , : University of Pittsburgh Press, , [2008]

©2008

ISBN

0-8229-7118-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture

Disciplina

427/.94373

Soggetti

English language - Slovakia

English language - Economic aspects - Slovakia

Intercultural communication - Slovakia

English language - Globalization

Language and culture - Slovakia

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : the first language of capitalism -- Lingua non grata : English during communism -- Other worlds in other words -- "We live and learn" -- Real life in English -- The golden cage.