Description
Product ID: | 9780194371469 |
Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Oxford Applied Linguistics |
Title: | Linguistic Imperialism |
Authors: | Author: Robert Phillipson |
Page Count: | 376 |
Subjects: | Historical and comparative linguistics, Historical & comparative linguistics, Language teaching theory and methods, Language teaching theory and methods, Applied linguistics for ELT, ELT resource books for teachers, English |
Description: | Select Guide Rating This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. It looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language. This book explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. It looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language. |
Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press |
Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 1992-04-09 |