Full Description
In this collection of real-life, personal narratives on the theme of language and globalization, scholars from a range of different sub-disciplines of linguistics, time periods, and geographical spaces throughout the world examine the interaction and intersectionality of languages and globalization and the implications of such interactions for world languages and cultures. A feature of the book is the application of autoethnography as its underlying approach/method, in which contributors draw on their own lived experiences (of life, scholarship, and work) to investigate and reflect on linguistic globalization and its issues and challenges against the backdrop of the globalized world of the 21st century.
Contents
Foreword: Why We Care: Language In A Globalized World, Ofelia García 1. Introduction PART I Theoretical and Methodological Frameworks: Issues, Challenges, and Changes 2. The Diverging Images of Globalization: A Journey in Books and Photos, Maryam Borjian 3. From A Village Outlook to A Global Overview: An Autoethnographic Report of Change in Sociolinguistic Research Questions, Ulrich Ammon PART II Global English: Views from the Classroom 4. A Journey with English: Re-Examining the Pragmatic Stance Towards the Language of Globalization, Nigussie Negash Yadete 5. English Language as Thief, Vaughan Rapatahana 6. Biscriptal English Learners: A 'Blindspot' In Global English Language Teaching, Pauline Bunce 7. Being 'The Villain': Globalization and the 'Native-Speaker' English Language Teacher, Elizabeth J. Erling 8. What My School Teachers Failed to Appreciate About Translanguaging, Ruhma Choudhury PART III Language, Identity and Crossing the Boundaries of The Expected 9. My Name: An Autoethnographic Reflection, Joseph Sung-Yul Park 10. Language and Identity: Reflections by A Cultural Commuter, Birgit Brock-Utne 11. Naturalizing A Planned Language: Esperanto And the Promotion of Linguistic Diversity, Humphrey Tonkin PART IV Language Death and Birth 12. Keeping the Language Ark Afloat In New York City, Daniel Kaufman 13. An Alaskan Language Odyssey: A Reflection by a Poet, Bob Holman with Sam O'Hana 14. In Search of Linguistic Legitimacy: Western Armenian And the New Speaker, Jennifer Manoukian PART V Epilogue Ode to My Mother Tongue, Marwa Adina Some Dimensions of English And Globalization: An Africanist Afterword, Alamin Mazrui
