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Linguistic imperialism / [Book] Robert Phillipson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford applied linguisticsPublication details: New York : New York : Oxford University Press, 1992.Description: ix, 365 pages : 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780194371469 (paperback)
  • 0194371468 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420 20
Other classification:
  • 420
Contents:
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.
Summary: This book explores English as an international language, and how and why it has become so dominant
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Books Books Junaid Zaidi Library, COMSATS University Islamabad 420 PHI-L (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 57787
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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.

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