In Imprisoned in English, Anna Wierzbicka argues that in the present English-dominated world, millions of people - including academics, lawyers, diplomats, and writers - can become "prisoners of English", unable to think outside English. In particular, social sciences and the hu…
This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) 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 fran…
"Este libro cuenta la historia del español desde quiénes la hablan. Qué han hecho para que un romance surgido al norte de España acabe siendo una de las primeras lenguas del mundo. Este libro no narra la historia de una lengua en sí misma, sino de quienes la hablan. No se preocu…
"In this book, David Crystal, one of the world's authorities on language, brings together for the first time the three major trends which he argues have fundamentally altered the world's linguistic ecology: the emergence of English as the world's first truly global language; the…
Language Myths and the History of English aims to deconstruct the myths that are traditionally reproduced as factual accounts of the historical development of English. Using concepts and interpretive sensibilities developed in the field of sociolinguistics over the past 40 years…
Exposes how the neoliberal ideology of globalization promotes dominating language policies. In the United States and Europe these policies lead to linguistic and cultural discrimination while, worldwide, they aim to stamp out a greater use and participation of national and subor…
This book offers an accessible but stimulating overview of Global Englishes, raising awareness of all the crucial issues, and providing ample reader activities and discussion topics, as well as key readings