Publications
Publication details [#52872]
Seargeant, Philip. 2009. The Idea of English in Japan. Ideology and the Evolution of a Global Language. (Critical Language and Literacy Studies). Multilingual Matters. 208 pp. 
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
This book explores the conceptualization of English as a global language in Japan, its meaning, resultant language ideologies which inform language attitudes, and the societal expression and negotiation of the language's symbolic meaning.