The Dominance of English as a Language of Science: Effects on Other Languages and Language Communities: 84 (Contributions to the Sociology of Language [CSL], 84) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 311016647X ISBN 13: 9783110166477

Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton, 2001

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.

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The text shows to what degree English is now the dominant language of science. It gives a world-wide overview of various countries on all continents aiming beyond description at explanation and even prediction of future developments. What are the effects of the dominance of English on languages and speakers? Are other languages still being modernized under these conditions? Are their speakers trapped at a permanent disadvantage, or do the advantages of a world-wide lingua franca outweigh disadvantages for everyone? The book provides background information for language planning and language politics.

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• Verlag: De Gruyter Mouton
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 311016647X
• ISBN 13: 9783110166477
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 494
• Herausgeber: Ammon Ulrich