Atsiliepimai
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What happens when a global language takes root in a postcolonial society? This book explores how English really works in Bangladesh--how linguistic imperialism, linguistic influentialism, and oppression shape education, culture, and opportunity. You follow students and teachers through surveys, interviews, and phonetic analysis, witnessing how they negotiate identity and belonging within English-centric classrooms. The study reveals how English, embedded in techno-feudal and (post)colonial hierarchies, reshapes power relations between core and periphery, while exposing the enduring "linguistic whiteness" of the British legacy. Rich in data and insight, it offers a critical lens on language, equity, and transformation in the Global South
What happens when a global language takes root in a postcolonial society? This book explores how English really works in Bangladesh--how linguistic imperialism, linguistic influentialism, and oppression shape education, culture, and opportunity. You follow students and teachers through surveys, interviews, and phonetic analysis, witnessing how they negotiate identity and belonging within English-centric classrooms. The study reveals how English, embedded in techno-feudal and (post)colonial hierarchies, reshapes power relations between core and periphery, while exposing the enduring "linguistic whiteness" of the British legacy. Rich in data and insight, it offers a critical lens on language, equity, and transformation in the Global South
Atsiliepimai