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Religion and Official Politics in Contemporary China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

open access: yesReligion Compass, Volume 20, Issue 2, March/April 2026.
ABSTRACT With increasing discussions on political deification and the official references to traditional religions in the People's Republic of China (PRC), recent debates on the PRC's alleged infiltration over Taiwan elections through the goddess Mazu, and the post‐Handover government's emphasis on filiality to China in Hong Kong, it is high time to ...
Ting Guo
wiley   +1 more source

Unmasking therapy-speak. [PDF]

open access: yesTheor Med Bioeth
Isern-Mas C, Almagro M.
europepmc   +1 more source

Native Speakers in Linguistic Imperialism

open access: yesJournal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 2016
An investigation of Native English Speaking Teachers’ performance in schemes in six Asian contexts, commissioned by the British Council, and undertaken by three British academics, is subjected to critical evaluation. Key issues for exploration are the issue of a monolingual approach to English learning and teaching, and the inappropriate qualifications
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National identity and the ownership of English in Nigeria

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 111-124, March 2026.
Abstract It has been argued that, especially in non‐Inner Circles of English, whether or not speakers consider language to be a harbinger of national identity affects their positioning as owners of that language. A plethora of prior studies have also demonstrated that language is of central importance regarding the ways in which people enact their ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi, Robert M. Mckenzie
wiley   +1 more source

Nigerian English: History, functions and features

open access: yesWorld Englishes, Volume 45, Issue 1, Page 7-18, March 2026.
Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Linguistic Imperialism and Linguistic Sub-Imperialism, and Their Necessity: Russia and Spain [PDF]

open access: yesVestnik Tomskogo gosudarstvennogo universiteta. Filosofiya, sotsiologiya, politologiya, 2020
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