Post-Imperial English

Status Change in Former British and American Colonies, 1940-1990

Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez, Andrew W. Conrad, Alma Rubal-Lopez

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2011
• Print ISBN:
  9783110147544
• eBook ISBN:
  9783110872187
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Grammar & Punctuation
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

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Table of contents

• GENERAL BACKGROUND ISSUES
• Introduction: Some empirical and theoretical issues
• The international role of English: The state of the discussion
• The ongoing spread of English: A comparative analysis of former Anglo-American colonies with non-colonies
• THE AMERICAN SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
• English in Cuba: From imperial design to the imperative need
• The position of English in Mexico: 1940–1993
• Post-imperial English in the Philippines
• English under U.S. sovereignty: Ninety-five years of change of the status of English in Puerto Rico
• The English language in Quebec 1940–1990
• THE EUROPEAN UNION
• The European Union (EU – formerly European Community): Status change of English during the last fifty years
• THE BRITISH SPHERE OF INFLUENCE
• A tale of two Englishes: The imperial language in post-colonial Kenya and Uganda
• English in South Africa 1940–1996
• English in Sudan
• Post-imperial English in Nigeria 1940–1990
• The swinging pendulum: English in Tanzania 1940–1990
• The life-cycle of post-imperial English in Cameroon
• Fifty years of English in Singapore: All gains, (a) few losses?
• The status of English in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) from 1940–1990
• The post-imperial status of English in Sri Lanka 1940–1990: From first to second language
• Post-imperial English in Malaysia
• English in Israel after independence
• The spread of English in India: Politics of language conflict and language power
• English in Papua New Guinea
• CONCLUSIONS
• Summary and interpretation: Post-imperial English 1940–1990
• Subject index