Linguistic Capital and Language Policy in a Globalizing World
by
Joseph Sung-Yul Park, Lionel Wee
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the world. This book argues that such conditions...