The Politics of English

Name: The Politics of English | South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific
Brand: John Benjamins Publishing Company
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South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific

Lionel Wee Robbie B.H. Goh Lisa Lim(Herausgeber*in)

John Benjamins Publishing Company

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Erschienen am 28. März 2013

IX, 322 Seiten

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The Politics of English
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Preface
1. Language policies, language ideologies and local language practices
Language planning and the regulation of interaction
Language plans, discursive overflows
Language as already local
Language as semiotic resource
Conclusion
References
Part I. South Asia
2. The politics of Hinglish
The journey of Hinglish: From Stardust to Star TV
Hinglish according to the Indian English and the diaspora film
Hinglish: Democraticizing or widening social difference?
References
3. Globalization and multilingualism: Text types in the linguistic ecology of Delhi
Hindi vis-à-vis English in India
Globalization and multilingualism: A review
Code mixing in texts in the public domain
Methods and data sources
Data and discussion: Monoliterate texts
Signs of biliteracy
Orthographic hybridity
Code mixing within an utterance
Hybridity in transliteration
Conclusions
References
4. Kadura of privileged power, instrument of rural empowerment? The politics of English in Sri Lanka
Colonial period: English privilege
Nationalism and independence: Sinhala protectionism, ethnic polarization
The nationist period
Liberation: Rural empowerment
Implications
Concluding thoughts
References
5. The interface of language, literature and politics in Sri Lanka
References
Part II. Southeast Asia
6. Governing English in Singapore: Some challenges for Singapore's language policy
Independence: Aiming for ethnic harmony and economic prosperity
Language policy in Singapore
Denying English the status of a mother tongue
Pitting English against Singlish
Coming to terms with Standard Singaporean English
Conclusion: Allowing greater autonomy in language choices
References
7. Uncertain locale: The dialectics of space and the cultural politics of English in Singapore
"English" and "Chinese" positionalities in Singapore: The colonial legacy
Singapore Chineseness: "Impurity", fragmentation, dislocation
English, cosmopolitanism, class: Linguistic identity, mockery and self-loathing
Conclusion: Linguistic space, dislocation, and the nation state
References
8. The encroachment of English in Malaysian cultural expression
References
9. Negotiating bilingual identities in the Malay community
Language and identity: Theory and practice
The sociolinguistic setting
Study design
Participants' narratives
Discussion: Community ideologies and practices
Learners' responses and roles
Evolving bilingual identities
Implications
References
10. The grip of English and Philippine language policy
Tracing the grip of English in the Philippines
Competing in the global economy
Mitigating the grip of English
Some concerns
Conclusion
References
11. Nimble tongues: Philippine English and the feminization of labour
The feminization of non-standard Philippine English
Nimble fingers, nimble tongues
English and the care of the world
Conclusion
References
Part III. Asia Pacific
12. English vs. English conversation: Language teaching in modern Japan
Introduction: Japan's language policy
School English, courses of study, and unsuccessful results
Beyond school English, Eikaiwa "English conversation" and English ideology
Eigo and seiyô konpurekkusu: An inferiority complex about English and the west
Katakanago: Katakana words and Japanese English
Suggestions for English conversation ideology and identity
Conclusion: English and English conversation for the future of Japan
References
13. Language policy and practice in English loanwords in Japanese
The historical ubiquity of loanwords in Japan
The "problematizing" of English loanwords
The treatment of loanwords in newspapers
Government officials' use of loanwords
The perceived power asymmetry of English loanword use in Japan
Third place languages and third space boundaries
References
14. English speakers in Korea: A short literary history
English and Korean colonial modernity
The sexual politics of English in the post-Korean War period
The return of the repressed
References
15. English, class and neoliberalism in South Korea
Neoliberal reforms of Korean education
English and class in recent Korean education policy
Indexicality of English and naturalization of the neoliberal order
References
16. Conclusion
Re-thinking the foundations of English language education
Reconciling national language pride with English language usage
Responding rationally to inter-country 'competitiveness'
Conclusion
References
Contributors
Index

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