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Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders The Politics and Place of English as a World Language
By Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
Copyright 2010
306 Pages
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Routledge
308 Pages
by
Routledge
306 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book presents an alternative paradigm in understanding and appreciating World Englishes (WEs) in the wake of globalization and its accompanying shifting priorities in many dimensions of modern life, including the emergence of the English language as the dominant lingua franca (ELF). Chew argues that history is a theatre for the realization of lingua francas, offering a model that shows... Read more
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgments 1: Emergent Lingua Francas and World Orders 2: A Model of Evolving World Orders and Lingua Francas 3: Liminality 4: The Last Liminal Period: Emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages 5: Three Phases of Liminality 6: Embracing Liminality: A Case Study of Singapore 7: A Case Study of The Peoples’ Republic of China 8: A Case Study of Southern Min Language 9: The Place of English in the World Today Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew is Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics and Language Teaching Methodology at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University.
