Buying into English Language and Investment in the New Capitalist World

Name: Buying into English Language and Investment in the New Capitalist World
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ISBN: 9780822960010

ISBN-10: 082296001X

ISBN-13: 9780822960010

Edition: 2008

Authors: Catherine Prendergast

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English has become the language of choice for global economic, political, and cultural exchange. Many developing countries (and, notably, many former Soviet bloc countries) have little choice but to ldquo;buy into Englishrdquo; as a path to ideological and material betterment. As Catherine Prendergast reveals, however, investing in English has not always been easy and has often disappointed expectations. Based on extensive fieldwork in Slovakia, Prendergast assembles a rich ethnographic study that records the thoughts, aspirations, and concerns of Slovak nationals, language instructors, journalists, and textbook authors who contend with the increasing importance of English to their…

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List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Publication date: 5/20/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The First Language of Capitalism



Lingua Non Grata: English during Communism



Other Worlds in Other Words



"We Live and Learn"



Real Life in English



The Golden Cage



English: A Kind of Sport


Notes


Bibliography


Index