Post-Imperial English

Post-Imperial English

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9783110147544
Untertitel:
Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990
Genre:
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
Herausgeber:
De Gruyter Mouton
Auflage:
Reprint 2011
Anzahl Seiten:
664
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.10.1996
ISBN:
3110147548

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Klappentext
The Contributions to the Sociology of Language series features publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It addresses the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches theoretical and empirical supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of scholars interested in language in society from a broad range of disciplines anthropology, education, history, linguistics, political science, and sociology. To discuss your book idea or submit a proposal, please contact Natalie Fecher.

Inhalt
General background issues. Introduction: some empirical and theoretical issues, Joshua A. Fishman; The international role of English - the state of the discussion, Andrew W. Conrad; The ongoing spread of English - a comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies, Alma Rubal-Lopez; The American sphere of influence: English in Cuba - from imperial design to the imperative need, Dolores Corona, Ofelia Garcia; The position of English in Mexico - 1940-1993, Margarita Hidalgo et al; English under U.S. sovereignty - ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico, Carlos M. Ramirez-Gonzalez, Roame Torres-Gonzalez; The English language in Quebec - 1940-1990, Calvin Veltmann;. The European Union: The European Union (EU - formerly European Community) - status change of English during the last fifty years, Ulrich Ammon; The British sphere of influence: A tale of two Englishes - the imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda, Alamin M. Mazrui, Ali A. Mazrui; English in South Africa - 1940-1996, Daryl McLean , Kay McCormick; English in Sudan, Anwar Wagi'alla; Post-imperial English in Nigeria - 1940-1990, Ayo Bamgbose; The swinging pendulum - English in Tanzania - 1940-1990, Saida Yahya-Othman, Herman Batibo; The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon, Beban Sammy Chumbow, Agustin Simo Bobda; Fifty years of English in Singapore - all gains, (a) few losses? Makhan L. Tickoo; The status of English in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - 1940-1990, Fawwaz Al-Abd, Oqlah Smadi; The post-imperial status of English in Sri-Lanka - 1940-1990 - from first to second language, Chitra Fernando; Post-imperial English in Malaysia, Asmah Haji Omar; English in Israel after independence, Bernard Spolsky; The spread of English in India - politics of language conflict and language power, Hans Raj Dua; English in Papua New Guinea , James Oladejo. Summary and interpretation - post-imperial English - 1940-1990, Joshua A. Fishman.


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