The Politics of English
South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific
Published on 28. March 2013
Book
Hardback
322 pages
978-90-272-2835-2 (ISBN)
Description
This volume brings together contributions that explore the increasingly important roles that English plays in Asia, including its contribution to economic growth, national imaginaries and creative writing. These are issues that are political in a broad sense, but the diversity of Asian contexts also means that the social, political and cultural ramifications of the spread of English into Asia will have to be understood in relation to the challenges facing specific societies. The chapters in the book collectively illustrate this diversity by focusing on countries from South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific. Each country has two contributions devoted to it: one paper provides an overview of the country's language policy and its positioning of English, and another provides a critical discussion of creative expressions involving the use of English. Taken together, the papers in the volume detail the most recent developments concerning the politics of English in Asia.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Amsterdam
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
+ index
Dimensions
Height: 245 mm
Width: 164 mm
Weight
735 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-272-2835-2 (9789027228352)
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Lionel Wee | Robbie B.H. Goh | Lisa Lim
The Politics of English
South Asia, Southeast Asia and the Asia Pacific
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03/2013
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Content
1. Preface; 2. 1. Language policies, language ideologies and local language practices (by Pennycook, Alastair); 3. Part I. South Asia; 4. 2. The politics of Hinglish (by Roy, Anjali Gera); 5. 3. Globalization and multilingualism: Text types in the linguistic ecology of Delhi (by Vaish, Viniti); 6. 4. Kaduva of privileged power, instrument of rural empowerment?: The politics of English (and Sinhala and Tamil) in Sri Lanka (by Lim, Lisa); 7. 5. The interface of language, literature and politics in Sri Lanka: A paradigm for ex-colonies of Britain (by Goonetilleke, D.C.R.A.); 8. Part II. Southeast Asia; 9. 6. Governing English in Singapore: Some challenges for Singapore's language policy (by Wee, Lionel); 10. 7. Uncertain locale: The dialectics of space and the cultural politics of English in Singapore (by Goh, Robbie B.H.); 11. 8. The encroachment of English in Malaysian cultural expression (by Talib, Ismail S.); 12. 9. "They think speaking in English isn't good, you know": Negotiating bilingual identities in the Malay community (by Rajadurai, Joanne); 13. 10. The grip of English and Philippine language policy (by Lorente, Beatriz P.); 14. 11. Nimble tongues: Philippine English and the feminization of labour (by Tinio, Maria Teresa); 15. Part III. Asia Pacific; 16. 12. English vs. English conversation: Language teaching in modern Japan (by Hiramoto, Mie); 17. 13. Language policy and practice in English loanwords in Japanese (by Morita, Emi); 18. 14. English speakers in Korea: A short literary history (by Min, Eun Kyung); 19. 15. English, class and neoliberalism in South Korea (by Park, Joseph Sung-Yul); 20. 16. Conclusion (by Wee, Lionel); 21. Contributors; 22. Index