English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN: Transformation of Language Habitats

ISBN-13: 9780367618445 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 182 str.

Azirah Hashim; Gerhard Leitner

Opis

English in Southeast Asia and ASEAN embeds English in its various regional Southeast Asian and political ASEAN language habitats.

Recenzje

This volume on the development and roles of English in South East Asia and ASEAN is unique and timely as English has evolved in leaps and bounds since the first British colony of Penang was established in 1786. This valuable contribution weaves and explains the complex web of growth of the language over a quarter of a millennium. English has an exciting role in ASEAN and if you have even the minutest interest in the role of English in ASEAN as a scholar, entrepreneur or student you should grab this unputdownable book now!

Lim Beng Soon, Singapore University of Social Sciences