03344oam 2200745I 450 991079998720332120230421043327.01-134-68407-X0-203-00634-81-134-68408-81-280-18281-410.4324/9780203006344 (CKB)1000000000249615(EBL)166170(OCoLC)560125864(SSID)ssj0000147618(PQKBManifestationID)11152032(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000147618(PQKBWorkID)10016859(PQKB)11632805(MiAaPQ)EBC166170(Au-PeEL)EBL166170(CaPaEBR)ebr10054826(CaONFJC)MIL18281(EXLCZ)99100000000024961520180331d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish and the discourses of colonialism /Alastair PennycockLondon ;New York :Routledge,1998.1 online resource (252 p.)The politics of languageDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-17848-7 0-415-17847-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.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; IndexEnglish 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,Politics of language.English languagePolitical aspectsCommonwealth countriesEnglish languagePolitical aspectsForeign countriesEnglish languageDiscourse analysisCommunication, InternationalDecolonizationTerminologyImperialismTerminologyGreat BritainColoniesLanguagesEnglish languagePolitical aspectsEnglish languagePolitical aspectsEnglish languageDiscourse analysis.Communication, International.DecolonizationImperialism306.44/9/09171241820.99171241Pennycook Alastair1957,1588250MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910799987203321English and the discourses of colonialism3877606UNINA