Contending With Globalization in World Englishes - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1847692745 ISBN 13 : 9781847692740

Editeur : Multilingual Matters, 2010

Synopsis

This book engages with English in globalization, re-examining and re-interpreting the contemporary contexts of its acquisition and use. The chapters contained in this book weave together four inter-related themes that define the role of English in the global context: the 'centrality of structure', 'relationships of interdependence', 'social constructions of difference' and 'reproduction of inequality'. These themes enable the authors to draw attention to the dynamics of the contemporary realities of the 'English-speaking' and 'English-using' nations, especially as they compete for cultural, social, economic and symbolic capital in global networks. In engaging World Englishes with the sociolinguistics of globalization, the authors raise some fundamental questions about the status, structure, and functions of World Englishes.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Mukul Saxena is Assistant Professor in the Centre for Applied Linguistics, Warwick University, UK. Before this, he worked in Brunei Darussalam, Lancaster and York. His publications and research interests are in the areas of '(English-)bilingual classroom interaction, Multilingual literacies, Language maintenance & shift, World Englishes. Tope Omoniyi is Professor of Sociolinguistics in the School of Arts at Roehampton University, London (UK). His research interests straddle issues in language and identity, language in education, and language policy and planning in Europe and Africa. His scholarly articles and reviews have appeared in numerous journals. He is the author of 'The Sociolinguistics of Borderlands: Two Nations, One People' (AWP 2004) and editor and co-editor of several volumes of essays.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Multilingual Matters
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1847692745
• ISBN 13: 9781847692740
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Éditeur: Saxena Mukul, Omoniyi Tope
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible