The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language

The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language
ISBN-10
0190625619
ISBN-13
9780190625610
Category
English language
Pages
488
Language
English
Published
2021-12
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Rosemary C. Salomone

Description

The Rise of English is a masterful account of the spread of English as the dominant lingua franca worldwide, its intimate connections with globalization and neoliberalism, and its effects on linguistic justice, opportunity, and identity. Deeply researched and wide-ranging in scope, this book shows how English has privileged some and disadvantaged others, but ultimately offers the promise of transcending cultural and linguistic borders in amultilingual world.

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