The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Rosemary Salomone (2022)

Authors

  • Geoffrey K Pullum The University of Edinburgh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.22899

Keywords:

lingua franca, anglophone, francophone, European law, English, French, Rwanda, India, USA, bilingualism

Abstract

The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Rosemary Salomone (2022) New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 485
ISBN: 9780190625610 (hbk) ISBN: 0190625619 (eBook)

References

Crystal, D. (2012) English as a global language, 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

De Swaan, A. (2013) Words of the world: The global language system. Cambridge: Polity.

McCrum, R. (2010) Globish: How English became the world’s language. New York: W. W. Norton.

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Published

2023-03-16

How to Cite

Pullum, G. K. (2023). The Rise of English: Global Politics and the Power of Language Rosemary Salomone (2022). Sociolinguistic Studies, 16(4), 561–567. https://doi.org/10.1558/sols.22899

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 4 (2022): Special Issue: Place branding “during crisis”: The role of language in place branding during the Covid-19 pandemic and post-lockdowns

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Book Reviews

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