Imprisoned in English: The Hazards of English as a Default Language

by Anna Wierzbicka

In Imprisoned in English, Anna Wierzbicka argues that in the present English-dominated world, millions of people - including academics, lawyers, diplomats, and writers - can become "prisoners of English", unable to think outside English. In particular, social sciences and the humanities are now increasingly locked in a conceptual framework grounded in English. To most scholars in these fields, treating English as a default language seems a natural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199321507
• ISBN13: 9780199321506
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"