10 The language of the world: In praise of English

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Acknowledgements v
3. Contents vii
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I: A discourse-historical approach to the English native speaker
6. 2 The native speaker in contemporary linguistics 9
7. 3 Identities, ideologies, and discourse: Toward a theoretical and methodological framework 33
8. 4 The ideologies of Marsh (1859): A close reading 63
9. Part II: “Good” English and the “best” speakers: The native speaker and standards of language, speech, and writing
10. 5 Defining and delimiting “English” and “standard English” 91
11. 6 The question of standard spoken English and the dialects 113
12. 7 Spoken vs. written language and the native speaker 153
13. Part III: Language, nation, and race: Of Anglo- Saxons and English speakers conquering the world
14. 8 Nationalism, racism, and the native speaker 185
15. 9 Anglo-Saxonism and the English native speaker 213
16. 10 The language of the world: In praise of English 241
17. 11 Conclusion 273
18. References 283
19. Author index 301
20. Subject index 303