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Emergent lingua francas and world orders : the politics and place of English as a world language / by Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chew, Phyllis Ghim Lian.
- Series:
- Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1.
- Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Foreign countries.
- English language.
- Lingua francas.
- English language--Variation.
- English language--Social aspects.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 287 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Routledge, 2009.
- Contents:
- Emergent lingua francas and world orders
- A model of evolving world orders and lingua francas
- Liminality
- The last liminal period: emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages
- Three phases of liminality
- Embracing liminality: a case study of Singapore
- A case study of the Peoples' Republic of China
- A case study of Southern Min language
- The place of English in the world today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780415872270
- 0415872278
- 0203866568
- 9780203866566
- OCLC:
- 326685200
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