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Author Tonkin, Humphrey.

Title Language in the twenty-first century : selected papers of the millenial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at ... / edited by Humphrey Tonkin, Timothy Reagan
Published Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., [2003]
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Description vi, 209 pages ; 23 cm
Series World language problems ; v. 1
Studies in world language problems ; v. 1
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction: Language and the pursuit of the millennium i -- Humphrey Tonkin and Timothy Reagan -- -- Contexts and trends for English as a global language 9 -- Paul Bruthiaux -- -- Global English and the non-native speaker: Overcoming disadvantage 23 -- Ulrich Ammon -- -- Language and the future: Choices and constraints 35 -- John Edwards -- -- Interlingualism: A world-centric approach to language policy and planning 47 -- Mark Fettes -- -- Development of national language and management of English in East and Southeast Asia 59 -- Bjorn Jernudd -- -- The "business" of language endangerment: Saving languages or helping people keep them alive? 67 -- Luisa Maffi -- -- Equality, maintenance, globalization: Lessons from Canada 87 -- Jacques Maurais -- -- Maintaining linguodiversity: Africa in the twenty-first century 99 -- Alamin Mazrui -- -- Language in the twenty-first century: A newly informed perspective 115 -- Teresa Pica -- -- Language and language education in the twenty-first century 133 -- Timothy Reagan
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [177]-195) and index
Subject Language and languages -- Congresses.
Genre/Form Kongress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Author Tonkin, Humphrey.
Reagan, Timothy G.
Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems.
LC no. 2003048077
ISBN 9027228310 Eur. alkaline paper
9027228329 Eur. alkaline paper
1588113833 U.S. hb alkaline paper
1588113841 U.S. pb alkaline paper
Other Titles Language in the 21st century