In particular, robert phillipson s 1992 book, linguistic imperialism, has led to considerable debate about its merits and shortcomings. American, french, portuguese, russian, and spanishboth in countries where europeans settled and in exploitation colonies. Phillipson, robert 1992linguistic imperialism and linguicism. Robert has written and edited books on language policy, language learning, and languagerights. Linguistic imperialism entails the following phillipson, 1992, 2009. Linguistic imperialism phillipson major reference works wiley.
Linguistic imperialism entails the following phillipson, 1992, 2009 linguistic imperialism interlocks with a structure of imperialism in culture. Robert phillipson talks about linguistic imperialism. Linguistic imperialism oxford applied linguistics robert phillipson this book explores english as an international language, and how and why it has become so dominant. This principle guided my definition of linguistic imperialism as a variant of linguicism, operating through structures and ideologies, and entailing unequal treatment for groups identified by language phillipson 1992, 2009 in comparable ways to racism, sexism, and classism. Robert phillipsons publications linguistic diversity. Robert phillipson this study explores the contemporary phenomenon of english as an international language. Skutnabbkangas, tove, robert phillipson, and robert dunbar. The presence of european languages worldwide reflects language policy as a key dimension of colonial empiresanglo. Buy linguistic imperialism oxford applied linguistics 01 by phillipson, robert isbn. Linguistic imperialism phillipson, robert this book explores the contemporary phenomenon of english as an international language, and sets out to analyse how and why the language. Robert phillipson talks about linguistic imperialism and elt further details. In linguistic zmperiulism 1992, a booklength treatment of this subject, phillipson. Phillipson, robert 1992 linguistic imperialism and linguicism, linguistic imperialism.
Phillipson, robert 1992linguistic imperialism and linguicism, linguistic imperialism. This entry presents the key constituents of linguistic imperialism together with some critiques of it. Linguistic imperialism of and in the european union robert. Various critical proponents, in presenting their views on linguistic imperialism phillipson, 1992, the notion of voice pennycook, 1994 and participatory pedagogy and education auerbach, 2000. Linguistic imperialism is a book written by robert phillipson, research professor at copenhagen business schools department of english, published in 1992 by. Linguistic imperialism is a subtype of linguicism, a term which tove. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Since the early 1990s, linguistic imperialism has attracted attention among scholars of applied linguistics.
According to phillipson 2010, linguistic imperialism involves the favouring of one language. An analysis of current policies for inuktut and english in education. Robert phillipson is a professor of english in the copenhagen business school. Phillipson, 1992a, so that claims and analyses can be stringently and validly. Pdf the study of linguistic imperialism entails analyzing the policies by which dominant languages, nationally. His main research interests include the role of english worldwide, language policy and multilingualism in the european union. This volume brings together key writings since the 1992 publication of linguistic imperialism robert phillipson s controversial benchmark volume, which triggered a major rethinking of the.