Words of the world : the global language system / Abram de Swaan.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK : Polity ; Malden, MA : Blackwell, 2001.Description: xi, 253 p. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0745627471
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-243) and index.
Introduction: the global language system -- The political economy of language constellations -- Language, culture and the unequal exchange of texts -- India: the rivalry between Hindi and English -- The triumph of bahasa in Indonesia -- Africa: the persistence of the colonial languages -- South Africa: the survival of the old language regime -- The European Union: the more languages, the more English -- Conclusions and considerations.