Linguistic imperialism / [Book] Robert Phillipson.
Material type: TextSeries: Oxford applied linguisticsPublication details: New York : New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: ix, 365 pages : 22 cmISBN:- 9780194371469 (paperback)
- 0194371468 (paperback)
- English language -- Developing countries. -- Political aspects
- English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers
- English language -- Foreign countries. -- Political aspects
- English language -- Developing countries. -- Social aspects
- English language -- Foreign countries. -- Social aspects
- Imperialism
- English language
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Books | Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad | 420 PHI-L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 57787 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-356) and index.
ELT : taking stock of a world commodity -- English, the dominant language -- Linguistic imperialism : theoretical foundations -- Earlier work relevant to linguistic imperialism -- The colonial linguistic inheritance -- British and American promotion of English -- Creating a profession : the structure and tenets of ELT -- English language teaching in action -- Arguments in linguistic imperialist discourse -- Linguistic imperialism and ELT.
This book explores English as an international language, and how and why it has become so dominant
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