03863nam 2200757Ia 450 991079120370332120230721011614.097866124659321-84769-203-61-282-46593-71-84769-691-010.21832/9781847692030(CKB)2550000001217670(StDuBDS)AH24191452(MiAaPQ)EBC449895(DE-B1597)513588(OCoLC)593239911(DE-B1597)9781847692030(Au-PeEL)EBL449895(CaPaEBR)ebr10323611(CaONFJC)MIL246593(EXLCZ)99255000000121767020090629d2009 uy 0engur|n|||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe idea of English in Japan[electronic resource] ideology and the evolution of a global language /Philip SeargeantBristol ;Buffalo Multilingual Matters20091 online resource (xv, 188 p. )illCritical language and literacy studies ;31-84769-201-X 1-84769-202-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Frontmatter --Contents --List of Figures --Acknowledgements --Preface --1. Introduction --2. The Concept of English as a Global Language --3. Language Ideology and Global English --4. English in Japan: The Current Shape of the Debate --5. Globalization: ‘Enriching Japanese Culture Through Contact with Other Cultures’ --6. Authenticity: ‘More English than England Itself’ --7. Aspiration: ‘Enhancing Lifestyles and Living Out Dreams’ --8. The Unknown Language --9. Rival Ideologies in Applied Linguistics --Notes --References --IndexThis book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in Japan, and considers how the resultant language ideologies – drawn in part from universal discourses; in part from context-specific trends in social history – inform the relationships that people in Japan have towards the language. The book analyses the specific nature of the language’s symbolic meaning in Japan, and how this meaning is expressed and negotiated in society. It also discusses how the ideologies of English that exist in Japan might have implications for the more general concept of ‘English as a global language’. To this end it considers the question of what constitutes a ‘global’ language, and how, if at all, a balance can be struck between the universal and the historically-contingent when it comes to formulating a theory of English within the world.Critical language and literacy studies ;3.English languageStudy and teachingJapanese speakersEnglish philologyStudy and teachingJapanSecond language acquisitionEnglish languageJapanEnglish languageGlobalizationEnglish as a global language.English in Japan.English.Global English.Global language.Japan.Language ideologies .Sociolinguistics.World Englishes.English languageStudy and teachingJapanese speakers.English philologyStudy and teachingSecond language acquisition.English languageEnglish languageGlobalization.428.007/052Seargeant Philip478239MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910791203703321The idea of English in Japan3758671UNINA