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The politics of English : South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific / edited by Lionel Wee, Robbie B.H. Goh, National University of Singapore ; Lisa Lim, University of Hong Kong.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in world language problems ; v. 4.
- Studies in World Language Problems ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Political aspects--Asia.
- English language.
- English language--Variation--Asia.
- English language--Asia--Usage.
- English language--Foreign countries.
- Language and culture--Asia.
- Language and culture.
- English language--Variation.
- English language--Political aspects.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (ix, 322 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2013.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1 Preface p. vii
- 2 1. Language policies, language ideologies and local language practices p. 1 / Alastair Pennycook
- 3 Part I. South Asia
- 4 2. The politics of Hinglish p. 21 / Anjali Gera Roy
- 5 3. Globalization and multilingualism p. 37 / Viniti Vaish
- 6 4. Kaduva of privileged power, instrument of rural empowerment? p. 61 / Lisa Lim
- 7 5. The interface of language, literature and politics in Sri Lanka p. 81 / D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke
- 8 Part II. Southeast Asia
- 9 6. Governing English in Singapore p. 105 / Lionel Wee
- 10 7. Uncertain locale p. 125 / Robbie B.H. Goh
- 11 8. The encroachment of English in Malaysian cultural expression p. 145 / Ismail S. Talib
- 12 9. "They think speaking in English isn't good, you know" p. 167 / Joanne Rajadurai
- 13 10. The grip of English and Philippine language policy p. 187 / Beatriz P. Lorente
- 14 11. Nimble tongues p. 205 / Maria Teresa Tinio
- 15 Part III. Asia Pacific
- 16 12. English vs. English conversation p. 227 / Mie Hiramoto
- 17 13. Language policy and practice in English loanwords in Japanese p. 249 / Emi Morita
- 18 14. English speakers in Korea p. 269 / Eun Kyung Min
- 19 15. English, class and neoliberalism in South Korea p. 287 / Joseph Sung-Yul Park
- 20 16. Conclusion p. 303 / Lionel Wee; Lisa Lim; Robbie B.H. Goh
- 21 Contributors p. 317
- 22 Index p. 321.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edwin B. Cole Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9789027272133
- 9027272131
- Publisher Number:
- 99962531398
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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