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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
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.