Emergent Lingua Francas & World Orders

Zusammenfassung This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments 1: Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders 2: A Model of Evolving World Orders and Lingua Francas 3: Liminality 4: The Last Liminal Period: Emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages 5: Three Phases of Liminality 6: Embracing Liminality: A Case Study of Singapore 7: A Case Study of The Peoples’ Republic of China 8: A Case Study of Southern Min Language 9: The Place of English in the World Today Notes Bibliography Index

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• Authors: Phyllis Ghim Lian Chew, Phyllis Ghim-L Chew, Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew, Phyllis Ghim-Lian (National Institute of Education Chew
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.09.2009, delayed
• EAN: 9780415872270
• ISBN: 978-0-415-87227-0
• No. of pages: 344
• Series: Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics; Routledge Studies in Sociolinguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Sociolinguistics, Literature: history & criticism, Language: history & general works, Historical & comparative linguistics, Literature: history and criticism, Language: history and general works, Historical and comparative linguistics