LEADER 03842nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910970198403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612161155 010 $a9781282161153 010 $a1282161156 010 $a9789027296429 010 $a9027296421 035 $a(CKB)1000000000551943 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000188992 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12055873 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000188992 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10154244 035 $a(PQKB)10020092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC622751 035 $a(DE-B1597)720761 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789027296429 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000551943 100 $a20030320d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aLanguage in the twenty-first century $eselected papers of the millenial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University /$fedited by Humphrey Tonkin, Timothy Reagan 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJ. Benjamins$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (215 pages) 225 1 $aWorld language problems ;$vv. 1 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781588113832 311 08$a1588113833 311 08$a9789027228314 311 08$a9027228310 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [177]-195) and index. 327 $aLanguage in the Twenty-First Century -- Title page -- LCC page -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- Contexts and trends for English as a global language -- Global English and the non-native speaker -- Language and the future -- Interlingualism -- Development of national languages and management of English in East and Southeast Asia -- The "business" of language endangerment -- Equality, maintenance, globalization -- Maintaining linguodiversity -- Language education in the twenty-first century -- Language and language education in the United States in the twenty-first century -- Why learn foreign languages? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Contributors -- Index. 330 $aWhat is the future of languages in an increasingly globalized world? Are we moving toward the use of a single language for global communication, or are there ways of managing language diversity at the international level? Can we, or should we, maintain a balance between the global need to communicate and the maintenance of local and regional identities and cultures? What is the role of education, of language rights, of language equality in this volatile global linguistic mix? A group of leading scholars in sociolinguistics and language policy examines trends in language use across the world to find answers to these questions and to make predictions about likely outcomes. Highlighted in the discussion are, among other issues, the rapidly changing role of English, the equally rapid decline and death of small languages, the future of the major European languages, the international use of constructed languages like Esperanto, and, not least, the question of what role applied scholarship can and should play in mapping and influencing the future. 410 0$aStudies in world language problems ;$vv. 1. 606 $aLanguage and languages$vCongresses 606 $aLinguistics 615 0$aLanguage and languages 615 0$aLinguistics. 676 $a400 700 $aTonkin$b Humphrey$0198029 701 $aReagan$b Timothy G$01646808 712 02$aCenter for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970198403321 996 $aLanguage in the twenty-first century$94345373 997 $aUNINA