TY - BOOK AU - Phillipson,Robert TI - Linguistic imperialism SN - 0194371468 AV - PE2751 .P5 1992 U1 - 410 PY - 1992/// CY - Oxford [England], New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - English language KW - Political aspects KW - Developing countries KW - Study and teaching KW - Foreign speakers KW - Foreign countries KW - Social aspects KW - Imperialism N1 - Online version: Phillipson, Robert. Linguistic imperialism. Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)646205287; Includes bibliographical references (p. [322]-356) and index; TOC; ELT : taking stock of a world commodity -- English, the dominant language -- Linguistic imperialism : theoretical foundations -- Earlier work relevant to linguistic imperialism -- The colonial linguistic inheritance -- British and American promotion of English -- Creating a profession : the structure and tenets of ELT -- English language teaching in action -- Arguments in linguistic imperialist discourse -- Linguistic imperialism and ELT; English N2 - Explores the contemporary phenomenon of English as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language has become so dominant. This book looks at the spread of English historically, at the role it plays in Third World countries, and at the ideologies transmitted through the English language UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/linguistic-imperialism/oclc/30978070&referer=brief_results UR - http://lib.ewubd.edu/ebook/3767 ER -