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Publication details [#43362]

Ebunlola Adamo, Grace. 2005. Globalization, terrorism, and the English language in Nigeria. English Today 21 (4) : 21–26.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

conflict | globalization | international context | language dominance | language of wider communication

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This article argues that the ‘imposition’ of English on the world, under the guise of globalization, constitutes a type of linguistic terrorism. It then examines the particular case of Nigeria.