Language in the twenty-first century
Subtitle: selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University
By: edited by Humphrey Tonkin, Timothy Reagan
Contributors: Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems
Series: Studies in world language problems -- v. 1; Studies in world language problems -- v. 1.
Publisher: J. Benjamins Pub. Co.
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Amsterdam; Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9789027296429
Subjects: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES; Linguistics; Reference; FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY; Miscellaneous; Langage et langues; Language and languages; Congresses; Internationalisatie; Talen; Congre  s.; Semantics
Other titles: Language in the 21st century
Description: What is the future of languages in an increasingly globalized world? Are we moving toward the use of a single language for global communication, or are there ways of managing language diversity at the international level? Can we, or should we, maintain a balance between the global need to communicate and the maintenance of local and regional identities and cultures? What is the role of education, of language rights, of language equality in this volatile global linguistic mix? A group of leading scholars in sociolinguistics and language policy examines trends in language use across the world to.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-195) and index.

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Table of contents: title: Language in the Twenty-First Century; Title page; LCC page; Table of contents; Introduction; Contexts and trends for English as a global language; Global English and the non-native speaker; Language and the future; Interlingualism; Development of national languages and management of English in East and Southeast Asia; The "business" of language endangerment; Equality, maintenance, globalization; Maintaining linguodiversity; Language education in the twenty-first century; Language and language education in the United States in the twenty-first century; Why learn foreign languages?; Conclusion.