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The Local Construction of a Global Language - Ideologies of English in South Korea (Hardcover)
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The Local Construction of a Global Language - Ideologies of English in South Korea (Hardcover)
Series: Language, Power and Social Process [LPSP]
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In South Korea, English is a language of utmost importance, sought
with an unprecedented zeal as an indispensable commodity in
education, business, popular culture, and national policy. This
book investigates how the status of English as a hegemonic language
in South Korea is constructed through the mediation of language
ideologies in local discourse. Adopting the framework of language
ideology and its current developments, it is argued that English in
Korean society is a subject of deep-rooted ambiguities, with
multiple and sometimes conflicting ideologies coexisting within a
tension-ridden discursive space. The complex ways in which these
ideologies are reproduced, contested, and negotiated through
specific metalinguistic practices across diverse sites ultimately
contribute to a local realization of the global hegemony of English
as an international language. Through its insightful analysis of
metalinguistic discourse in language policy debates,
cross-linguistic humor, television shows, and face-to-face
interaction, The Local Construction of a Global Language makes an
original contribution to the study of language and globalization,
proposing an innovative analytic approach that bridges the gap
between the investigation of large-scale global forces and the
study of micro-level discourse practices.
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