Chapter 5. Language Policy and Globalization

  1. Nikolas Coupland
  1. Thomas Ricento

Published Online: 7 OCT 2010

DOI: 10.1002/9781444324068.ch5

Book Title

The Handbook of Language and Globalization

The Handbook of Language and Globalization

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How to Cite

Ricento, T. (2010) Language Policy and Globalization, in The Handbook of Language and Globalization (ed N. Coupland), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781444324068.ch5

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 7 OCT 2010
  2. Published Print: 6 AUG 2010

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Print ISBN: 9781405175814

Online ISBN: 9781444324068

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Keywords:

  • language policy and globalization;
  • hyperglobalists, globalization as emergence of a single global market - supplanting nation-state as primary economic and political units;
  • languages imbricated in globalization processes - and to what degree;
  • role of English in globalization;
  • English, becoming a pre-eminent ‘global’ language;
  • Spanish and English in the New World;
  • languages, reduced to ‘things’ - that can be counted and assigned a market value;
  • governmentality, “array of technologies of government”;
  • contemporary roles of English - on the Indian subcontinent;
  • globalization and language policies - paradoxes and possibilities

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • The Role of English in Globalization

  • Spanish and English in the New World

  • Comparative Case Studies

  • Globalization and Language Policies: Paradoxes and Possibilities

  • References

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