Speaking from the Margin
Broschiertes Buch

Speaking from the Margin

Global English from a European Perspective

Herausgegeben: Duszak, Anna; Okulska, Urszula
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The papers in this volume analyze the language situation under globalization in several European countries. How does the spread of Global English affect the integrity of the local systems? Changes in lexical and discursive repertories are evidenced and discussed. It is shown how new social identities are linguistically constructed and redefined in the social consciousness of the various local communities. The authors see globalization as a major change-in-progress that sets in relief the dual capacity of language: communication and identification. The collection reconciles empirical data analy...