03360nam 2200757Ia 450 991081826320332120200520144314.01-134-68407-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)99100000000024961519980120d1998 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEnglish and the discourses of colonialism /Alastair Pennycook1st ed.London ;New York Routledge19981 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 Alastair1957-626945MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818263203321English and the discourses of colonialism4186982UNINA