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Thomas Clayton - Language Choice in a Nation Under Transition - 9781441940599 - V9781441940599
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Language Choice in a Nation Under Transition

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Description for Language Choice in a Nation Under Transition Paperback. Series: Language Policy. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 498.
Language Choice in a Nation under Transition charts the spread of English into Cambodia and the French efforts to contest this spread in favor of their own language through an analysis of the country's recent history. This book proposes a synthesis of the national-functional and international-critical perspectives. This synthesis emerges from the Cambodian experience and thus adheres to Joshua Fishman's admonition that theory reflect the "sharp bite of local detail and unique historical experience."

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
Series
Language Policy
Number of Pages
310
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9781441940599
SKU
V9781441940599
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Ref
99-15

About Thomas Clayton
Thomas Clayton is Associate Professor of English and Linguistics at the University of Kentucky, U.S.A., where he teaches classes in applied linguistics and directs the Master of Arts in English with a Concentration in Teaching English as a Second Language Program. Professor Clayton has published more than two dozen articles on language and educational policy issues, often in the Cambodian ... Read more

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