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The Rise of Chinese as a Global Language - Prospects and Obstacles (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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The Rise of Chinese as a Global Language - Prospects and Obstacles (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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This book investigates the macroacquisition of Chinese - its
large-scale acquisition and adoption for various purposes by
individuals, governments and organisations - and the implications
of this process for the future of English as a global language. The
author contextualises the macroacquisition of Chinese within the
global ecology of languages, then analyses the factors responsible
for the macroacquisition of Chinese, showing, in contrast to most
academic and popular commentary, that a character-based writing
system will not stop Chinese from becoming a global language. He
then articulates three possible future scenarios: English remaining
a dominant global language, English and Chinese both being global
languages, and Chinese becoming a global language instead of
English. The book concludes by outlining directions for further
research on the acquisition and use of Chinese around the world. It
will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in
English as a global language, Chinese as a second/foreign language,
language education policy, and applied linguistics more generally.
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