Markets of English: Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World

by Park Joseph Sung-Yul, Lionel Wee, Joseph Sung-Yul Park

Book Overview

The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such conditions call for a new critique of global English, one that is sensitive to both the political economic conditions of globalization and speakers' local practices...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138902519
• ISBN13: 9781138902510
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"