The local construction of a global language
Subtitle: ideologies of English in South Korea
By: by Joseph Sung-Yul Park.
Series: Language, power and social process -- 24
Publisher: Mouton de Gruyter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9783110209631
Subjects: English language -- Korea (South); Sociolinguistics -- Korea (South); English language -- Study and teaching -- Korea (South); Languages in contact -- Korea (South); English language -- Influence on Korean; English language -- Globalization
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Unspeakable English? Investigating global English in local context; title: The English language in South Korea : history, politics, and sociolinguistics; title: Debating English : language ideologies in the official English debate; title: Playing with English : language ideologies in Korean-English yumeo; title: Representing English : language ideologies in scripted television entertainment shows; title: Disclaiming English : language ideologies in face-to-face interaction; title: Speaking (of) the unspeakable.