English language as hydra: its impacts on non-english language cultures
Éditeur :
Channel View Publications Ltd
ISBN :
9781847697493
Date de publication :
22 juin 2012
Dimensions :
23,4 x 15,6 x 1,6 cm
Poids :
475 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book argues that the English language industry has become a swirling, beguiling monster, unashamedly intent on challenging local lingua-diversity and threatening individual identities. It brings together linguists, literary figures and teaching professionals in a wide-ranging exposé of this enormous Hydra in action on four continents.