The Idea of English in Japan Ideology and the Evolution of a Global Language
, by Seargeant, PhilipNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9781847692023 | 1847692028
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 8/4/2009
This book examines the ways in which English is conceptualised as a global language in Japan, and considers how the resultant language ideologies ¿ drawn in part from universal discourses; in part from context-specific trends in social history ¿ inform the relationships that people in Japan have towards the language.