The Idea of English in Japan: Ideology and the Evolution of a Global Language - Couverture souple

Seargeant, Philip

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 184769201X ISBN 13 : 9781847692016

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2009

Synopsis

This book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in Japan, and considers how the resultant language ideologies - drawn in part from universal discourses; in part from context-specific trends in social history - inform the relationships that people in Japan have towards the language. The book analyses the specific nature of the language's symbolic meaning in Japan, and how this meaning is expressed and negotiated in society. It also discusses how the ideologies of English that exist in Japan might have implications for the more general concept of 'English as a global language'. To this end it considers the question of what constitutes a 'global' language, and how, if at all, a balance can be struck between the universal and the historically-contingent when it comes to formulating a theory of English within the world.

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À propos de l?auteur

Philip Seargeant is Lecturer in Applied Linguistics in the Centre for Language and Communication, The Open University, UK. He previously worked for a number of years in the higher education sector in Japan. He is the author of several articles in journals such as Language Policy, Language & Communication, Language Sciences, World Englishes, and the International Journal of Applied Linguistics.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 184769201X
• ISBN 13: 9781847692016
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 208
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• Personne responsable: non disponible