Emergent lingua francas and world orders : the politics and place of English as a world language / / Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
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| Autore: |
Chew Phyllis Ghim Lian
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| Titolo: |
Emergent lingua francas and world orders : the politics and place of English as a world language / / Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
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| Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 420.9 |
| Soggetto topico: | English language - Foreign countries |
| Lingua francas | |
| English language - Variation | |
| English language - Social aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders; 2 A Model of Evolving World Orders and Lingua Francas; 3 Liminality; 4 The Last Liminal Period: Emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages; 5 Three Phases of Liminality; 6 Embracing Liminality: A Case Study of Singapore; 7 A Case Study of the People's Republic of China; 8 A Case Study of Southern Min Language; 9 The Place of English in the World Today; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows the present as derived from the past and as a bearer of future possibility, the understanding of which is rooted in the understanding of World Englishes and ELF. The book will engage with some of the cur |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Emergent lingua francas and world orders |
| ISBN: | 1-135-23556-2 |
| 0-415-84734-6 | |
| 1-135-23557-0 | |
| 1-282-31588-9 | |
| 9786612315886 | |
| 0-203-86656-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910778489303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; ; 1.