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Lexington Books The Local Politics of Global English: Case Studies in Linguistic Globalization

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Product Description The status of English as a global language is deeply divisive and hotly contested. The Local Politics of Global English analyzes linguistic globalization in five countries that differ greatly in both their degree of global integration and their use of English. By drawing on the work of language scholars and the growing field of globalization studies, the author provides a revealing portrait of how politicians, activists, scholars and policy-makers in the United States, France, India, South Africa, and Nepal are debating the questions that plague local controversies over global English. Concepts of hegemony and resistance, elites and subalterns, and liberalization and democratization are incorporated into case studies that provide insight into the politics of linguistic globalization from above and from below. Of interest to students of politics and culture, as well as teachers and learners of language, The Local Politics of Global English is a detailed examination of a timely and controversial topic. Review The focus of Professor Sonntag's book, local political responses to the globalization of English, becomes more important every day, and it has the potential to illuminate our understanding of a wide range of political phenomena. The book's use of well-chosen case studies within a nicely framed analytical structure provides just the right combination of theory and empirical data to fulfill its promise. Theoretically grounded, empirically rich, written in accessible prose, and filled with deeply thoughtful insights and reflections, this book makes a substantial contribution to the literatures on language politics, comparative politics, globalization, and socio-linguistics.--Ronald Schmidt Sr., California State University, Long Beach; author of Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United States Analyzing the global spread of English, Selma Sonntag demonstrates the political significance of linguistic globalization. Lucidly written and teeming with brilliant insights, Sonntag's study represents an important contribution to the emerging field of globalization studies.--Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Global Politics, University of Hawai'i-Manoa In this study, Sonntag skillfully integrates a number of disparate concepts and ideas (such as 'hegemony, ' 'resistance, ' 'globalization, ' and 'subaltern, ' to mention just a few), and links them to the spread of English globally. In this she deftly reveals some unexpected, 'topsy-turvy' developments.--Harold F. Schiffman, University of Pennsylvania About the Author Selma K. Sonntag is Professor of Government and Politics at Humboldt State University.

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Brand: Lexington Books
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 0739105973
Category: Books > Subjects > Language Study & Reference
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 28 October 2003
Listed Since: 22 December 2006

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