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Publication details [#32440]

Gunaratne, Shelton A. 2003. Proto-Indo-European expansion, rise of English, and the international language order: a humanocentric analysis. International Journal of the Sociology of Language 164 : 1–32.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

language spread | language status | language use | philosophy

Place, Publisher

De Gruyter

ISBN

0165-2516

Journal WWW

www.degruyter.com/journal/key/IJSL/html

Annotation

This paper examines the Proto-Indo-European expansion, the rise of English and the international language order from the perspective of the world system theory and the associated Eastern philosophical concepts.