Post-imperial English : status change in former British and American colonies, 1940-1990

Author(s)

• Fishman, Joshua A.
• Conrad, Andrew W.
• Rubal-Lopez, Alma

Bibliographic Information

Post-imperial English : status change in former British and American colonies, 1940-1990

edited by Joshua A. Fishman, Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez

（Contributions to the sociology of language, 72）

Mouton de Gruyter, 1996

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The volume deals with three interlocking questions: is English 'still' spreading in the non-English native-speaking world? If so, is this continued spread in any way directly orchestrated by, fostered by, or exploitatively beneficial to the English native-speaking world? Are there forces or processes which transcend the English mother-tongue world itself and which may also be contributing noticeably to the continued spread and entrenchment of English in non-English mother-tongue countries? The book presents a wealth of case studies each of which has been written by academics who were residents and/or have long been specialists in the status of English in the setting which they have been asked to describe and analyze. A detailed summary and interpretation confronts the individual findings with each other on the one hand, and with the recently proposed linguistic imperialism hypothesis on the other.

Table of Contents

• General background issues. Introduction: some empirical and theoretical issues, Joshua A. Fishman
• The international role of English - the state of the discussion, Andrew W. Conrad
• The ongoing spread of English - a comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies, Alma Rubal-Lopez
• The American sphere of influence: English in Cuba - from imperial design to the imperative need, Dolores Corona, Ofelia Garcia
• The position of English in Mexico - 1940-1993, Margarita Hidalgo et al
• English under U.S. sovereignty - ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico, Carlos M. Ramirez-Gonzalez, Roame Torres-Gonzalez
• The English language in Quebec - 1940-1990, Calvin Veltmann
• . The European Union: The European Union (EU - formerly European Community) - status change of English during the last fifty years, Ulrich Ammon
• The British sphere of influence: A tale of two Englishes - the imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda, Alamin M. Mazrui, Ali A. Mazrui
• English in South Africa - 1940-1996, Daryl McLean , Kay McCormick
• English in Sudan, Anwar Wagi'alla
• Post-imperial English in Nigeria - 1940-1990, Ayo Bamgbose
• The swinging pendulum - English in Tanzania - 1940-1990, Saida Yahya-Othman, Herman Batibo
• The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon, Beban Sammy Chumbow, Agustin Simo Bobda
• Fifty years of English in Singapore - all gains, (a) few losses? Makhan L. Tickoo
• The status of English in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) - 1940-1990, Fawwaz Al-Abd, Oqlah Smadi
• The post-imperial status of English in Sri-Lanka - 1940-1990 - from first to second language, Chitra Fernando
• Post-imperial English in Malaysia, Asmah Haji Omar
• English in Israel after independence, Bernard Spolsky
• The spread of English in India - politics of language conflict and language power, Hans Raj Dua
• English in Papua New Guinea , James Oladejo. Summary and interpretation - post-imperial English - 1940-1990, Joshua A. Fishman.

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Details

• NCID: BA28878944
• ISBN:
  • 3110147548
• LCCN: 96030363
• Country Code: gw
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Berlin ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 654 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC9 : 830.25
  • NDC8 : 830.25
  • LCC : PE2751
  • DC20 : 420.9/171241/09045
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- Commonwealth countries
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- United States -- Colonies
  • LCSH : English language -- Social aspects -- Foreign countries
  • LCSH : English language -- 20th century -- Social aspects
  • LCSH : Communication, International
  • LCSH : Decolonization
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00214846