Screen LibraryEmergent lingua francas and world orders：the politics and place of English as a world language
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Routledge,
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| Publisher Address: | New York |
| Publication Dates: | 2009. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1 |
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| Carrier Form: | xvi, 287 p.: ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| ISBN: |
9780415872270 0415872278 0203866568 (ebk.) 9780203866566 (ebk.) |
| Index Number: | H31 |
| CLC: | H31 |
| Call Number: | H31/C529 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. Emergent lingua francas and world orders -- A model of evolving world orders and lingua francas -- Liminality -- The last liminal period: emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages -- Three phases of liminality -- Embracing liminality: a case study of Singapore -- A case study of the Peoples' Republic of China -- A case study of Southern Min language -- The place of English in the world today. |