Chapter 1 Introduction: What is Global English? Chapter 2 Globalization and the Politics of Language Chapter 3 Language Politics in the United States: Projecting a Global Vision? Chapter 4 Language Politics in France, or How Do You Say "Junk Food" in Breton? Chapter 5 Subaltern Language Politics in India Chapter 6 Language Politics in Democratic Transitions: Comparing South Africa and Nepal Chapter 7 Understanding Linguistic Globalization
Selma K. Sonntag is Professor of Government and Politics at Humboldt State University.
The focus of Professor Sonntag’s book, local political responses to
the globalization of English, becomes more important every day, and
it has the potential to illuminate our understanding of a wide
range of political phenomena. The book’s use of well-chosen case
studies within a nicely framed analytical structure provides just
the right combination of theory and empirical data to fulfill its
promise. Theoretically grounded, empirically rich, written in
accessible prose, and filled with deeply thoughtful insights and
reflections, this book makes a substantial contribution to the
literatures on language politics, comparative politics,
globalization, and socio-linguistics.
*Ronald Schmidt Sr., California State University, Long Beach;
author of Language Policy and Identity Politics in the United
States*
Analyzing the global spread of English, Selma Sonntag demonstrates
the political significance of linguistic globalization. Lucidly
written and teeming with brilliant insights, Sonntag's study
represents an important contribution to the emerging field of
globalization studies.
*Manfred B. Steger, Professor of Global Politics, University of
Hawai'i-Manoa*
In this study, Sonntag skillfully integrates a number of disparate
concepts and ideas (such as 'hegemony,' 'resistance,'
'globalization,' and 'subaltern,' to mention just a few), and links
them to the spread of English globally. In this she deftly reveals
some unexpected, 'topsy-turvy' developments.
*Harold F. Schiffman, University of Pennsylvania*
By juxtaposing typologies from political science and language
studies and applying them to five distinctive national
contexts—France, India, Nepal, South Africa, and the United
States—Sonntag demonstrates the complex relationships between
processes of globalization and language use. Her lucid analysis
demonstrates that English can serve both as a language of economic
integration and as a vehicle of resistance to such integration and
promotes careful identification of the multiple local forces that
shape the social valence and symbolic resonances invoked by
particular language choices.
*Mary McGroarty, Northern Arizona University; Editor, Annual Review
of Applied Linguistics*
Sonntag's effort to exemplify complicated issues of global English
and local politics is very valuable and timely. . . . This book
offers a wonderful resource to anyone who wants to grasp a broad
idea of the controversy over global English at the level of local
politics and it will be especially useful to students in
undergraduate course in political science, global studies and
linguistics.
*Journal Of Sociolinguistics*
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