The Local Construction of a Global Language

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ISBN: 9783110209631 | 3110209632
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Copyright: 3/15/2009

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The book investigates how the hegemony of English in South Korea is constructed through the mediation of language ideologies. Based on an innovative analysis of metalinguistic discourse in language policy debates, cross-linguistic humor, television shows, and face-to-face interaction, it cogently tells the story of how the complex meaning of English as a global language emerges through local discourse.

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Unspeakable English? Investigating global English in local context	p. 1
The question of English in South Korea	p. 1
Research on the global spread of English	p. 5
The political dimension of research on global English	p. 5
The methodological dimension of research on global English	p. 9
Language ideology as a framework of inquiry	p. 13
The framework of language ideology	p. 13
The global spread of English as a language-ideological issue	p. 15
Language ideology and the question of English in Korea	p. 18
The approach: Metalinguistic discourse as focus of analysis	p. 21
Overview: Three ideologies of English in Korea	p. 25
The English language in South Korea: History, politics, and sociolinguistics	p. 29
South Korea as a monolingual society?	p. 29
English in the media and popular culture	p. 30
The impact of language learning: growing familiarity towards English	p. 33
Korea in pursuit of English: global aspirations and local struggles	p. 37
English as a national resource: economic strategies and educational policy	p. 37
English as a modern skill: higher education and the job market	p. 41
The boom in English language learning	p. 43
The politics of 'English villages'	p. 46
Class, symbolic capital, and language ideology	p. 49
Resistance to English and language purism	p. 51
Conclusion	p. 55
Debating English: Language ideologies in the Official English debate	p. 57
Language ideological debates in the age of globalization	p. 57
The Official English debate	p. 61
Bok Geoil and English as an official language	p. 61
The debate: development and political context	p. 65
The debate: participants and arguments	p. 69
The impact of the debate	p. 72
Three ideologies of English in the Official English debate	p. 74
Necessitation: English as a necessity	p. 74
Externalization: English as language of an Other	p. 77
Self-deprecation: Koreans as bad speakers of English	p. 80
Ideological dynamics in the Official English debate	p. 83
The three ideologies as an ideological complex	p. 83
Framing the debate as politicized opposition	p. 89
Conclusion	p. 94
Playing with English: Language ideologies in Korean-English yumeo	p. 96
Cross-linguistic humor as metalinguistic discourse	p. 96
Korean-English yumeo as data	p. 99
A typology of Korean-English yumeo	p. 102
Translation riddles	p. 102
Jokes	p. 103
Humorous experiences	p. 104
Parody	p. 107
Ideological aspects of Korean-English yumeo	p. 109
The theme of Korean-English yumeo	p. 110
The target of Korean-English yumeo	p. 114
The language of Korean-English yumeo	p. 120
Korean-English yumeo as a site for ideology reproduction	p. 125
Conclusion	p. 130
Representing English: Language ideologies in scripted television entertainment shows	p. 133
Cross-linguistic humor in media discourse	p. 133
Korean television entertainment shows as data	p. 137
Interpretive resources for the construction of English	p. 139
Focusing on Koreans' inability in English	p. 140
Performance of "bad English"	p. 145
Presuppositions in the use of subtitles	p. 149
Interpretive resources at work: imagining English and Koreanness	p. 154
Television entertainment shows as metalinguistic discourse	p. 162
Conclusion	p. 166
Disclaiming English: Language ideologies in face-to-face interaction	p. 168
Ideology and interaction	p. 168
Capturing Koreans' talk about English	p. 170
Interactional practices and ideologies of English	p. 174
Interactional practices as resources for ideology reproduction	p. 174
Interactional practices in talk about English	p. 177
Sequence organization	p. 177
Explicit assessments	p. 184
Interactional practices in "expert discourse"	p. 191
Contrast with talk about Japanese	p. 201
Two senses of "disclaiming English" in interaction	p. 211
Conclusion	p. 222
Conclusions: Speaking (of) the unspeakable	p. 224
Countering unspeakable English: Korea and beyond	p. 224
Implications for further study	p. 233
Language ideology and the global spread of English	p. 233
English language learning/teaching and language ideology	p. 235
Linguistics and globalization studies	p. 238
Transcription conventions	p. 241
Abbreviations	p. 242
Notes	p. 243
References	p. 245
Subject index	p. 269
Name index	p. 272
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