The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language

by Salomone

A sweeping account of the global rise of English and the high-stakes politics of language

Spoken by a quarter of the world's population, English is today's lingua franca--its common tongue. The language of business, popular media, and international politics, English has become commodified for its economic value and increasingly detached from any particular nation. This meteoric "rise of English" has many obvious benefits...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197765750
• ISBN13: 9780197765753
• Release Date: January 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 504 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.3" x 8.8"