The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces
oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no
longer be seen as imposed from an imperial center, as English is
now actively adopted and appropriated in local contexts around the
world. This book argues that such conditions call for a new
critique of global English, one that is sensitive to both the
political economic conditions of globalization and speakers local
practices.
Linking Bourdieu s theory of the linguistic market and his
practice-based perspective with recent advances in sociolinguistics
and linguistic anthropology, this book offers a fresh new critique
of global English. The authors highlight the material, discursive,
and semiotic processes through which the value of English in the
linguistic market is constructed, and suggest possible policy
interventions that may be adopted to address the problems of global
English. Through its serious engagement with current
sociolinguistic theory and insightful analysis of the multiple
dimensions of English in the world, this book challenges the
readers to think about what we need to do to confront the social
inequalities that are perpetuated by the global spread of
English
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