Author: Vaidehi Ramanathan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788125030720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The book critically examines the role of English in a postcolonial, multilingual society such as India. The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal values stem from the positioning of English vis a vis the regional languages. Drawing from her own experiences and engaging in scholarly discussion, the author gives us an insight into the complexity of the role of English in postcolonial contexts.
English-Vernacular Divide,The
Author: Vaidehi Ramanathan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788125030720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The book critically examines the role of English in a postcolonial, multilingual society such as India. The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal values stem from the positioning of English vis a vis the regional languages. Drawing from her own experiences and engaging in scholarly discussion, the author gives us an insight into the complexity of the role of English in postcolonial contexts.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788125030720
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
The book critically examines the role of English in a postcolonial, multilingual society such as India. The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal values stem from the positioning of English vis a vis the regional languages. Drawing from her own experiences and engaging in scholarly discussion, the author gives us an insight into the complexity of the role of English in postcolonial contexts.
Learning to Divide the World
Author: John Willinsky
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816630776
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"The barbarian rules by force; the cultivated conqueror teaches." This maxim form the age of empire hints at the usually hidden connections between education and conquest. In Learning to Divide the World, John Willinsky brings these correlations to light, offering a balanced, humane, and beautifully written account of the ways that imperialism's educational legacy continues to separate us into black and white, east and west, primitive and civilized.
Publisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9780816630776
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
"The barbarian rules by force; the cultivated conqueror teaches." This maxim form the age of empire hints at the usually hidden connections between education and conquest. In Learning to Divide the World, John Willinsky brings these correlations to light, offering a balanced, humane, and beautifully written account of the ways that imperialism's educational legacy continues to separate us into black and white, east and west, primitive and civilized.
The English-vernacular Divide
Author: Vaidehi Ramanathan
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853597695
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system.
Publisher: Multilingual Matters
ISBN: 9781853597695
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This book offers a critical exploration of the role of English in postcolonial communities such as India. Specifically, it focuses on some local ways in which the language falls along the lines of a class-based divide (with ancillary ones of gender and caste as well). The book argues that issues of inequality, subordination and unequal value seem to revolve directly around the general positioning of English in relation to vernacular languages. The author was raised and schooled in the Indian educational system.
The Oxford Handbook of World Englishes
Author: Markku Filppula
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199777780
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
As the most widely documented language in human history, English holds a unique key to unlocking some of the mysteries of the uniquely human endowment of language. Yet the field of World Englishes has remained somewhat marginal in linguistic theory. This collection heralds a more direct and mutually constructive engagement with current linguistic theories, questions, and methodologies. It achieves this through areal overviews, theoretical chapters, and case studies. The 36 articles are divided between four themes: Foundations, World Englishes and Linguistic Theory, Areal Profiles, and Case Studies. Part I sets out the complex history of the global spread of English. This is followed, in Part II, by chapters addressing the mutual relevance and importance of World Englishes and numerous theoretical subfields of Linguistics. Part III offers detailed accounts of the structure and social histories of specific varieties of English spoken across the globe, highlighting points of theoretical interest. The collection closes with a set of case studies that exemplify the type of analysis encouraged by the volume. As attention is focused on innovative work at the interface of dialect description and theoretical explanation, the book is more succinct in its treatment of applied themes, which are given complementary coverage in other works.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199777780
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 841
Book Description
As the most widely documented language in human history, English holds a unique key to unlocking some of the mysteries of the uniquely human endowment of language. Yet the field of World Englishes has remained somewhat marginal in linguistic theory. This collection heralds a more direct and mutually constructive engagement with current linguistic theories, questions, and methodologies. It achieves this through areal overviews, theoretical chapters, and case studies. The 36 articles are divided between four themes: Foundations, World Englishes and Linguistic Theory, Areal Profiles, and Case Studies. Part I sets out the complex history of the global spread of English. This is followed, in Part II, by chapters addressing the mutual relevance and importance of World Englishes and numerous theoretical subfields of Linguistics. Part III offers detailed accounts of the structure and social histories of specific varieties of English spoken across the globe, highlighting points of theoretical interest. The collection closes with a set of case studies that exemplify the type of analysis encouraged by the volume. As attention is focused on innovative work at the interface of dialect description and theoretical explanation, the book is more succinct in its treatment of applied themes, which are given complementary coverage in other works.
Multilingualism and Language Diversity in Urban Areas
Author: Peter Siemund
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027272212
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This state-of-the-art volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of current topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for the field. Linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism are complex, mufti-faceted phenomena that need to be studied from different, complementary perspectives. The volume comprises a total of fourteen contributions from linguistic, educationist, and urban sociological perspectives and highlights the areas of language acquisition, contact and change, multilingual identities, urban spaces, and education. Linguistic diversity can be framed as a result of current processes of migration and globalization. As such the topic of the present volume addresses both a general audience interested in migration and globalization on a more general level, and a more specialized audience interested in the linguistic repercussions of these large-scale societal developments.
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN: 9027272212
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
This state-of-the-art volume provides an interdisciplinary overview of current topics and research foci in the areas of linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism and aims to lay the foundations for interdisciplinary work and the development of a common methodological framework for the field. Linguistic diversity and migration-induced multilingualism are complex, mufti-faceted phenomena that need to be studied from different, complementary perspectives. The volume comprises a total of fourteen contributions from linguistic, educationist, and urban sociological perspectives and highlights the areas of language acquisition, contact and change, multilingual identities, urban spaces, and education. Linguistic diversity can be framed as a result of current processes of migration and globalization. As such the topic of the present volume addresses both a general audience interested in migration and globalization on a more general level, and a more specialized audience interested in the linguistic repercussions of these large-scale societal developments.
Negotiating Language Education Policies
Author: Ofelia GarcĂa
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135146217
Category : Language policy
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Educators are at the epicenter of language policy in education. This book explores how they interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in classrooms. Bridging the divide between policy and practice by analyzing their interconnectedness, it examines the negotiation of language education policies in schools around the world, focusing on educators' central role in this complex and dynamic process.Each chapter shares findings from research conducted in specific school districts, schools, or classrooms around the world and then details how educators negotiate policy in.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135146217
Category : Language policy
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Educators are at the epicenter of language policy in education. This book explores how they interpret, negotiate, resist, and (re)create language policies in classrooms. Bridging the divide between policy and practice by analyzing their interconnectedness, it examines the negotiation of language education policies in schools around the world, focusing on educators' central role in this complex and dynamic process.Each chapter shares findings from research conducted in specific school districts, schools, or classrooms around the world and then details how educators negotiate policy in.
A Thesaurus Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Francis Andrew March
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 1348
Book Description
Teaching of English
Author: Iresha Madhavi Karunaratne
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788131304600
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Study conducted in government schools of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Publisher: APH Publishing
ISBN: 9788131304600
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
Study conducted in government schools of Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Ethnography and Language Policy
Author: Teresa L. McCarty
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136860924
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Seeking to expand policy discourses in ways that lead to social justice for all, this volume uses a critical sociocultural and ethnographic approach to address a variety of pressing language planning and policy issues, contextualized in case studies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136860924
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Seeking to expand policy discourses in ways that lead to social justice for all, this volume uses a critical sociocultural and ethnographic approach to address a variety of pressing language planning and policy issues, contextualized in case studies.
A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary of the English Language
Author: John Walker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 760
Book Description