Post-imperial English : status change in former British and American colonies, 1940-1990 / edited by Joshua A. Fishman, Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez.
Material type: TextSeries: Contributions to the sociology of language ; 72.Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1996Description: viii, 654 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 3110147548
- 9783110147544
- 420.917124109045
- PE2751. P67 1996
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 420.917124109045 POS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A285174B |
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420.90904 RED Redesigning English : new texts, new identities / | 420.9171241 RAM The English-vernacular divide : postcolonial language politics and practice / | 420.9171241 WHO Who's centric now? : the present state of post-colonial Englishes / | 420.917124109045 POS Post-imperial English : status change in former British and American colonies, 1940-1990 / | 420.954 ARA Guru English : South Asian religion in a cosmopolitan language / | 420.973 REA Milestones in the history of English in America / | 420.994 ENG English in Australia / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: Some empirical and theoretical issues -- The international role of English: The state of the discussion -- The ongoing spread of English: A comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies -- English in Cuba: From imperial design to the imperative need -- The position of English in Mexico: 1940-1993 -- Post-imperial English in the Philippines -- English under U. S. sovereignty: Ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico -- The English language in Quebec 1940-1990 -- The European Union (EU - formerly European Community): Status change of English during the last fifty years -- A tale of two Englishes: The imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda -- English in South Africa 1940-1996 -- English in Sudan -- Post-imperial English in Nigeria 1940-1990 -- The swinging pendulum: English in Tanzania 1940-1990 -- The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon -- Fifty years of English in Singapore: All gains, (a) few losses? -- The status of English in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1940-1990 -- The post-imperial status of English in Sri Lanka 1940-1990: From first to second language -- Post-imperial English in Malaysia -- English in Israel after independence -- The spread of English in India: Politics of language conflict and language power -- English in Papua New Guinea -- Summary and interpretation: Post-imperial English 1940-1990 -- Subject index.
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