Post-imperial English: Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990

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Joshua A. Fishman, Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez
Walter de Gruyter, 1996 - 654 pages
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Some empirical and theoretical issues
3
The state of the discussion
13
A comparative analysis of former
37
From imperial design to the imperative need
85
19401993
113
Postimperial English in the Philippines
139
Ninetyfive years of change of
173
The English language in Quebec 19401990
205
English in Tanzania 19401990
373
The lifecycle of postimperial English in Cameroon
401
All gains a few losses?
431
The status of English in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia KSA from
457
Postimperial English in Malaysia
513
English in Israel after independence
535
Politics of language conflict
557
English in Papua New Guinea
589

The imperial language in postcolonial
271
English in South Africa 19401996
303
English in Sudan
339
Postimperial English in Nigeria 19401990
357
Postimperial English 19401990
623
Subject index
643
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Page 25 - English linguistic imperialism is one example of linguicism, which is defined as 'ideologies, structures, and practices which are used to legitimate, effectuate, and reproduce an unequal division of power and resources (both material and immaterial) between groups which are defined on the basis of language...
Page 561 - ... 348 shall be introduced or moved in either House of Parliament without the previous sanction of the President, and the President shall not give his sanction to the introduction of any such Bill or the moving of any such amendment except after he has taken into consideration the recommendations...
Page 23 - A working definition of English linguistic imperialism is that the dominance of English is asserted and maintained by the establishment and continuous reconstitution of structural and cultural inequalities between English and other languages.
Page 571 - That the change from English to an Indian language as the medium of instruction at the university stage should not be hastened.
Page 433 - I think that capacity for governing is a characteristic of our race, and it is wonderful to see in a country like the Straits, a handful of Englishmen and Europeans, a large and rich Chinese community, tens of thousands of Chinese of the lowest coolie class, Arab and Parsee merchants, Malays of all ranks, and a sprinkling of all nationalities, living together in wonderful peace and contentment. It always seems to me that the common Chinese feeling is that we — an eccentric race — were created...
Page 87 - La única esperanza que pudiéramos tener de habilitar a Cuba para la dignidad de Estado, sería americanizarla por completo, cubriéndola con gente de nuestra propia raza; y aún queda por lo menos abierta la cuestión de si esta misma raza no degeneraría bajo un sol tropical y bajo las condiciones necesarias de la vida de Cuba. Estos son hechos que merecen cuidadosa atención antes de que se consume ningún proyecto para la adquisición de la Isla. Podríamos hacernos de Cuba a un precio muy bajo,...
Page 561 - It has not been possible for us to furnish a regular time-table by dates and stages as to how Hindi should be introduced into the business of the Union so as to accomplish the general change-over within the period fixed by the Constitution.
Page 311 - The formulation of the principles and aims of education for Natives as an independent race, in which their past and present, their inherent racial qualities, their distinctive characteristics and aptitude and their needs under the everchanging social conditions are taken into consideration.
Page 359 - The government will see to it that the medium of instruction in the primary school is initially the mother tongue or the language of the immediate community and, at a later stage, English.

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