Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World

by Philippe van Parijs

Book Overview

In Europe and throughout the world, competence in English is spreading at a speed never achieved by any language in human history. This apparently irresistible growing dominance of English is frequently perceived and sometimes indignantly denounced as being grossly unjust. Linguistic Justice for Europe and for the World starts off arguing that the dissemination of competence in a common lingua franca is a process to be welcomed and accelerated, most...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199208875
• ISBN13: 9780199208876
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: OUP UK
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"