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The Hegemony of English as a Global Language: Reclaiming Local Knowledge and Culture in China
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Guo, Yan; Beckett, Gulbahar H. – Convergence, 2007
English has become the dominant global language of communication, business, aviation, entertainment, diplomacy and the internet. Governments as well as some scholars appear to be accepting such a spread of English uncritically. However, we argue that the increasing dominance of the English language is contributing to neocolonialism by empowering…
Descriptors: Language Dominance, Indigenous Knowledge, International Relations, Foreign Countries