Emergent lingua francas and world orders the politics and place of English as a world language / by Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew.
| Author/creator | Chew, Phyllis Ghim Lian |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New York : Routledge, |
| Description | xvi, 287 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1 Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ; 1. ^A1092407 |
| Contents | Emergent lingua francas and world orders -- A model of evolving world orders and lingua francas -- Liminality -- The last liminal period: emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages -- Three phases of liminality -- Embracing liminality: a case study of Singapore -- A case study of the Peoples' Republic of China -- A case study of Southern Min language -- The place of English in the world today. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009035635 |
| ISBN | 9780415872270 |
| ISBN | 0415872278 |
| ISBN | 0203866568 (ebk.) |
| ISBN | 9780203866566 (ebk.) |