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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Choice Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Salomone, Rosemary C.     Subjects     English language -- Globalization.     English language -- Political aspects.     English language -- Social aspects.     Language and education.     Language policy.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Salomone, Rosemary C.       by title:      The rise of English ...       by call number:      306.442 S174r     Search the Web     Salomone, Rosemary C.     English language -- Globalization.     English language -- Political aspects.     English language -- Social aspects.     Language and education.     Language policy.       MARC Display

The rise of English : global politics and the power of language / Rosemary Salomone. by Salomone, Rosemary C. Oxford University Press, 2022. Call #: 306.442 S174r Subjects English language -- Globalization.   English language -- Political aspects.   English language -- Social aspects.   Language and education.   Language policy. ISBN:  9780190625610 (hc.) Alternate title:  Global politics and the power of language Description:  xiii, 471 p. ; 25 cm. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary:  "Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca--its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric rise of English has many obvious benefits to communication. Tourists can travel abroad with greater ease. Political leaders can directly engage their counterparts. Researchers can collaborate with foreign colleagues. Business interests can flourish in the global economy. But the rise of English has very real downsides at times generating intense legal conflicts. In Europe, imperatives of political integration, job mobility, and university rankings compete with pride in national language and heritage as countries like France attempt to curb its spread. In countries like India, South Africa, Morocco, and Rwanda, it has stratified society along lines of English proficiency and devalued commonly spoken languages. In Anglophone countries like the United States and England, English isolates us from the cultural and economic benefits of speaking other languages. In 'The Rise of English,' Rosemary Salomone offers a commanding view of the unprecedented spread of English and the far-reaching effects it has on global and local politics, economics, media, education, and business. From the inner workings of the European Union to China's use of language as soft power in Africa, Salomone draws on a wealth of research to tell the complex story of English--and, ultimately, to argue for English not as a force for domination but as a core component of multilingualism and the transcendence of linguistic and cultural borders."--Goodreads. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 306.442 S174r Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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