Buying into English
Subtitle: language and investment in the new capitalist world
By: Catherine Prendergast.
Series: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Pittsburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780822943464; 9780822960010
Subjects: English language -- Slovakia; English language -- Economic aspects -- Slovakia; Intercultural communication -- Slovakia; English language -- Globalization; Language and culture -- Slovakia
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : the first language of capitalism; title: Lingua non grata : English during communism; title: Other worlds in other words; title: "We live and learn"; title: Real life in English; title: The golden cage.