Description |
xii, 336 pages ; 23 cm |
Series |
Books on demand
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Contents |
Part I. International perspective on English -- English as a world language : the evidence / Andrew W. Conrad and Joshua A. Fishman -- English around the world / Joshua A. Fishman, Robert L. Cooper, Yehudit Rosenbaum -- The spread of English as a new perspective for the study of "language maintenance and language shift" / Joshua A. Fishman -- Part II. English in nation and neighborhood -- English in Israel : a sociolinguistic study / Elizabeth Nadel and Joshua A. Fishman -- The maintenance of English in Ramat Eshkol / Fern Seckbach and Robert L. Coooper -- English on Keren Kayemet street / Yehudit Rosenbaum [and others] -- Part III. The economic and technological power of English -- Language, technology and persuasion : three experimental studies / Robert L. Cooper [and others] -- Economic incentives for the learning of a language of wider communication : a case study / Robert L. Cooper and Fern Seckbach -- Part IV. The impact of English on local terminology, planned and unplanned -- The influence of English on formal terminology in Hebrew / Yaffa Allony-Fainberg -- Foreign loanwords in Hebrew newspapers / Miriam Ronen, Fern Seckbach, Robert L. Cooper -- Part V. Attitudes toward English -- A study of language attitudes / Robert L. Cooper and Joshua A. Fishman -- Language attitudes in Rhodesia / John E. Hofman -- Knowing, using and liking English as an additional language / Joshua A. Fishman -- Concluding sentiments -- English in the context of international societal bilingualism / Joshua A. Fishman |
Analysis |
English language -- Social aspects |
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers |
Notes |
Originally published: Rowley, Mass. : Newbury House Publishers, c1977 |
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Published on demand |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies |
Subject |
English language -- Social aspects.
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English language -- Sociological aspects.
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English language -- Study and teaching -- Foreign speakers.
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Author |
Conrad, Andrew W.
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Cooper, Robert L. (Robert Leon), 1931-2012.
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Fishman, Joshua A.
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LC no. |
77011068 |
ISBN |
0883770873 |
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9780883770870 |
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