Challenges in the Social Life of Language

Language and Globalization

by John R. Edwards

Introduction PART PERCEPTUAL UNDERPINNINGS The Study of Reculer pour mieux sauter Are Attitudes Important? Language Contexts and Features PART IDENTITY MATTERS Language, Group, General Considerations Language, Group, Secular and Spiritual Allegiances Language, Group, Gender PART LANGUAGE CONTACT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES Language and Imperialism No Good Past Dover Language Learning in Anglophone Settings Language Present and Future References Index

292 pages, Paperback

First published February 8, 2011

About the author

John Edwards teaches in the Department of Psychology at St Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada.