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The Politics of English Language Teaching
1997The expansion of English worldwide has been predicted ever since British occupation of North America. Throughout the British empire English was the language of power. Postcolonial states have largely perpetuated the role of English in government and education, and are heavily influenced by Anglo-American academic structures, know-how and books. English
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2023
Abstract This chapter presents a concise overview of trends in the study of politeness, in order to contextualize selected key findings from studies that focus on (or at least include) considerations of politeness phenomena in Irish English.
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Abstract This chapter presents a concise overview of trends in the study of politeness, in order to contextualize selected key findings from studies that focus on (or at least include) considerations of politeness phenomena in Irish English.
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The power and politics of English
World Englishes, 1986Abstract:The issues related to power and politics of the English language are presented specifically in relation to the unprecedented global spread of the language. Several perspectives—linguistic and non‐linguistic—used to conceptualize the relationship between language and power are considered, particularly that of Michel Foucault.
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The Review of Politics, 1940
When w. s. Gilbert composed this piece of doggerel verse he was scarcely over-simplifying the issue. The Party System had taken its place smoothly within the Victorian Compromise, providing for a change of personalities rather than a change of principles. Not even Mr.
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When w. s. Gilbert composed this piece of doggerel verse he was scarcely over-simplifying the issue. The Party System had taken its place smoothly within the Victorian Compromise, providing for a change of personalities rather than a change of principles. Not even Mr.
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Politeness in the history of English
2008Politeness in English has often been seen as a development from a positive politeness culture to a negative politeness culture. Several case studies provide evidence for such a development. A first case study offers an analysis of the use of pronominal terms of address in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales and in Shakespeare’s plays.
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Economica, 1928
or mechanistic sciences deal. Wisdom requires also a balanced view of the concrete diversities of life. So far as this important element in wisdom can be gained or imparted, it must largely be through historical studies. History, in the broadest sense, is concerned with precisely those concrete differences, those special appurtenances of place or time,
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or mechanistic sciences deal. Wisdom requires also a balanced view of the concrete diversities of life. So far as this important element in wisdom can be gained or imparted, it must largely be through historical studies. History, in the broadest sense, is concerned with precisely those concrete differences, those special appurtenances of place or time,
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Brexit and the Politics of English
Language on the Move, 2020As the world anxiously anticipates the outcome of the US presidential election next week – and the consequences it will have for global politics – we’ve asked the world’s foremost expert on English linguistic imperialism, Professor Robert Phillipson, to explain the relationship between current affairs and the global linguistic order. In this long read,
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