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English and the discourses of colonialism [electronic resource] / Alastair Pennycook.

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  • ISBN: 9780203006344 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
  • ISBN: 0203006348 (electronic bk. : Adobe Reader)
  • ISBN: 9780415178471 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 0415178479 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780415178488 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0415178487 (pbk.)
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 239 p.)
  • Publisher: London ; Routledge, 1998.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-231) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
English and the cultural constructs of colonialism -- The cultural contructs of colonialism -- Anglicism, Orientalism and colonial language policy -- Hong Kong: Opium, riots, English and Chinese -- Images of the self: our marvellous tongue -- Images of the other: China and cultural fixity -- English, continuity and counterdiscourse.
Source of Description Note:
Description based on print version record.
Subject: English language > Political aspects > Commonwealth countries.
English language > Political aspects > Foreign countries.
English language > Discourse analysis.
Communication, International.
Decolonization > Terminology.
Imperialism > Terminology.
Great Britain > Colonies > Languages.
Decolonization.
Imperialism.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Linguistics > Sociolinguistics.
Genre: Electronic books.

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