Language and the future: Choices and constraints

John Edwards

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Edwards, John. "Language and the future: Choices and constraints". Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University, edited by Humphrey Tonkin and Timothy Reagan, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003, pp. 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.1.04edw

Edwards, J. (2003). Language and the future: Choices and constraints. In H. Tonkin & T. Reagan (Ed.), Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University (pp. 35-45). John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.1.04edw

Edwards, J. 2003. Language and the future: Choices and constraints. In: Tonkin, H. and Reagan, T. ed. Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University. John Benjamins Publishing Company, pp. 35-45. https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.1.04edw

Edwards, John. "Language and the future: Choices and constraints" In Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University edited by Humphrey Tonkin and Timothy Reagan, 35-45. John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003. https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.1.04edw

Edwards J. Language and the future: Choices and constraints. In: Tonkin H, Reagan T (ed.) Language in the Twenty-First Century: Selected papers of the millennial conferences of the Center for Research and Documentation on World Language Problems, held at the University of Hartford and Yale University. John Benjamins Publishing Company; 2003. p.35-45. https://doi.org/10.1075/wlp.1.04edw

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Chapters in this book

Prelim pages i
Table of contents v
Introduction 1
Contexts and trends for English as a global language 9
Global English and the non-native speaker 23
Language and the future 35
Interlingualism 47
Development of national language and management of English in East and Southeast Asia 59
The “business” of language endangerment 67
Equality, maintenance, globalization 87
Maintaining linguodiversity 99
Language in the twenty-first century 115
Language and language education in the twenty-first century 133
Why learn foreign languages? 145
Conclusion 157
Bibliography 177
Contributors 197
Index 201

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Chapters in this book

Prelim pages i
Table of contents v
Introduction 1
Contexts and trends for English as a global language 9
Global English and the non-native speaker 23
Language and the future 35
Interlingualism 47
Development of national language and management of English in East and Southeast Asia 59
The “business” of language endangerment 67
Equality, maintenance, globalization 87
Maintaining linguodiversity 99
Language in the twenty-first century 115
Language and language education in the twenty-first century 133
Why learn foreign languages? 145
Conclusion 157
Bibliography 177
Contributors 197
Index 201

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