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Post-Imperial English : Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990 / ed. by Alma Rubal-Lopez, Andrew W. Conrad.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL] ; 72Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2011]Copyright date: ©1996Edition: Reprint 2011Description: 1 online resource (654 p.) : Num. figs. and mapsContent type:
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  • 9783110147544
  • 9783110872187
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 420.9/171241/09045 20
LOC classification:
  • PE2751.P67 1996eb .P67 1996
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
I-VI -- Contents -- GENERAL BACKGROUND ISSUES -- Introduction: Some empirical and theoretical issues -- The international role of English: The state of the discussion -- The ongoing spread of English: A comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies -- THE AMERICAN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE -- English in Cuba: From the imperial design to the imperative need -- The position of English in Mexico: 1940–1993 -- Post-imperial English in the Philippines -- English under U.S. sovereignty: Ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico -- The English language in Quebec 1940–1990 -- THE EUROPEAN UNION -- The European Union (EU – formerly European Community): Status change of English during the last fifty years -- THE BRITISH SPHERE OF INFLUENCE -- A tale of two Englishes: The imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda -- English in South Africa 1940–1996 -- English in Sudan -- Post-imperial English in Nigeria 1940–1990 -- The swinging pendulum: English in Tanzania 1940–1990 -- The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon -- Fifty years of English in Singapore: All gains, (a) few losses? -- The status of English in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1940–1990 -- The post-imperial status of English in Sri Lanka 1940–1990: From first to second language -- Post-imperial English in Malaysia -- English in Israel after independence -- The spread of English in India: Politics of language conflict and language power -- English in Papua New Guinea -- CONCLUSIONS -- Summary and interpretation: Post-imperial English 1940–1990 -- Subject index
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I-VI -- Contents -- GENERAL BACKGROUND ISSUES -- Introduction: Some empirical and theoretical issues -- The international role of English: The state of the discussion -- The ongoing spread of English: A comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies -- THE AMERICAN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE -- English in Cuba: From the imperial design to the imperative need -- The position of English in Mexico: 1940–1993 -- Post-imperial English in the Philippines -- English under U.S. sovereignty: Ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico -- The English language in Quebec 1940–1990 -- THE EUROPEAN UNION -- The European Union (EU – formerly European Community): Status change of English during the last fifty years -- THE BRITISH SPHERE OF INFLUENCE -- A tale of two Englishes: The imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda -- English in South Africa 1940–1996 -- English in Sudan -- Post-imperial English in Nigeria 1940–1990 -- The swinging pendulum: English in Tanzania 1940–1990 -- The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon -- Fifty years of English in Singapore: All gains, (a) few losses? -- The status of English in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1940–1990 -- The post-imperial status of English in Sri Lanka 1940–1990: From first to second language -- Post-imperial English in Malaysia -- English in Israel after independence -- The spread of English in India: Politics of language conflict and language power -- English in Papua New Guinea -- CONCLUSIONS -- Summary and interpretation: Post-imperial English 1940–1990 -- Subject index

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