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The Rise of English is a masterful account of the spread of English as the dominant
lingua franca worldwide, its intimate connections with globalization and neoliberalism, and its effects on linguistic justice, opportunity, and identity. Deeply researched and wide-ranging in scope, this book shows how English has privileged some and disadvantaged others, but ultimately offers the promise of transcending cultural and linguistic borders in a multilingual world.
Sommario
- Preface
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: The English Divide
- Part I: Multilingual Europe
- Chapter 2: Myth or Reality?
- Chapter 3: A High-Stakes Movement
- Chapter 4: Shakespeare in the Crossfire
- Chapter 5: Headwinds from the North
- Part II: Shadows of Colonialism
- Chapter 6: The "New Scramble" for Africa
- Chapter 7: Adieu to French
- Chapter 8: Redress and Transformation
- Chapter 9: Confronting the Raj
- Part III: Defying the Monolingual Mindset
- Chapter 10: Defining the Deficit
- Chapter 11: Reshaping the Narrative
- Chapter 12: A Revolution in the Making
- Chapter 13: Marketing Language
- Conclusion
- Chapter 14: Looking Back, Moving Forward
- References
- Index
Info autore
Rosemary Salomone is the Kenneth Wang Professor of Law at St. John's University School of Law (USA). Trained as a linguist and a lawyer, she is an internationally recognized expert and commentator on language rights, education law and policy, and comparative equality. An elected member of the American Law Institute and fellow of the American Bar Foundation, she is a former faculty member of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University, lecturer in Harvard's Institute for Educational Management, and trustee of the State University of New York. In addition to The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language (awarded the 2023 Premio Pavese in non-fiction by Italy's Fondazione Cesare Pavese), her books include True American; Same, Different, Same, Different, Equal (selected as an "Outstanding Academic Title for 2005" by Choice Magazine); Visions of Schooling; and Equal Education Under Law.
