The Local Construction of a Global Language: Ideologies of English in South Korea

by Joseph Sung-Yul Park and Joseph Sung-Yul

In South Korea, English is a language of utmost importance, sought with an unprecedented zeal as an indispensable commodity in education, business, popular culture, and national policy. This book investigates how the status of English as a hegemonic language in South Korea is constructed through the mediation of language ideologies in local discourse. Adopting the framework of language ideology and its current developments, it is argued that English...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110209632
• ISBN13: 9783110209631
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 285 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary