the politics and place of English as a world language /
by Phyllis Ghim-Lian Chew
New York :
Routledge,
2009
xvi, 287 p. :
ill., maps ;
24 cm
Routledge studies in sociolinguistics ;
1
Includes bibliographical references and index
Emergent lingua francas and world orders -- A model of evolving world orders and lingua francas -- Liminality -- The last liminal period: emergent Arabic in the Middle Ages -- Three phases of liminality -- Embracing liminality: a case study of Singapore -- A case study of the Peoples' Republic of China -- A case study of Southern Min language -- The place of English in the world today