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Englishization in Asia : language and cultural issues / edited by Kwok-kan Tam.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Tam, Kwok-kan.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
English language--Dialects--Asia.
English language.
English language--Asia.
Language and culture--Asia.
Language and culture.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (247 p.)
Place of Publication:
Hong Kong : Open Univ. of Hong Kong Press, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Contents:
""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Introduction: Englishization in Asia Language and cultural issues""; ""1 English and glocal identities on Web 2.0: The case of Flickr.com""; ""2 Hybridity in language and identity: Englishization in Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia""; ""3 Englishization as an aspect of building Singapore identity""; ""4 Englishization of higher education in Asia: A sociological enquiry""; ""5 Englishization through World English as a cultural commodity: Literacy practices in global Malaysian higher education""
""6 Linguistic, cultural and identity issues in Englishization of Putonghua""""7 Which way of life? Chinese college students perceptions and values in China's Englishization""; ""8 Englishization or sinicization? English in the Hong Kong cultural scene""; ""9 Englishization in Japanese popular culture: Representation of ethnicity""; ""10 Englishization with an attitude: Cantonese-English lyrics in Hong Kong""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
962-7707-78-3
OCLC:
923318167

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