The local construction of a global language : ideologies of English in South Korea / by Joseph Sung-Yul Park.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Park, Joseph Sung-Yul.

Series:

Language, power, and social process ; 24.

Language, power, and social process, 1861-4175 ; 24

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English language--Korea (South).

English language.

Sociolinguistics--Korea (South).

Sociolinguistics.

English language--Study and teaching--Korea (South).

Languages in contact--Korea (South).

Languages in contact.

English language--Influence on Korean.

English language--Globalization.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (282 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In South Korea, English is a language of utmost importance, sought with an unprecedented zeal as an indispensable commodity in education, business, popular culture, and national policy. This book investigates how the status of English as a hegemonic language in South Korea is constructed through the mediation of language ideologies in local discourse. Adopting the framework of language ideology and its current developments, it is argued that English in Korean society is a subject of deep-rooted ambiguities, with multiple and sometimes conflicting ideologies coexisting within a tension-ridden discursive space. The complex ways in which these ideologies are reproduced, contested, and negotiated through specific metalinguistic practices across diverse sites ultimately contribute to a local realization of the global hegemony of English as an international language. Through its insightful analysis of metalinguistic discourse in language policy debates, cross-linguistic humor, television shows, and face-to-face interaction, The Local Construction of a Global Language makes an original contribution to the study of language and globalization, proposing an innovative analytic approach that bridges the gap between the investigation of large-scale global forces and the study of micro-level discourse practices.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Chapter 1. Unspeakable English? Investigating global English in local context

Chapter 2. The English language in South Korea: History, politics, and sociolinguistics

Chapter 3. Debating English: Language ideologies in the Official English debate

Chapter 4. Playing with English: Language ideologies in Korean-English yumeo

Chapter 5. Representing English: Language ideologies in scripted television entertainment shows

Chapter 6. Disclaiming English: Language ideologies in face-to-face interaction

Chapter 7. Conclusions: Speaking (of) the unspeakable

Backmatter

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-267) and index.

ISBN:

9786612102523

9781282102521

1282102524

9783110214079

3110214075

OCLC:

476276452