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

This book links Bourdieu's theory of the linguistic market with recent advances in sociolinguistics and linguistic anthropology. The authors develop a new critique of global English, centered on the processes by which speakers attribute value and social meaning to the language.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415882915
• ISBN13: 9780415882910
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.1"