Description: Is the English language neutral, global and open to everyone? By examining colonial language policies in India, Malaysia and Hong Kong, this book shows how various policies emerged which both reflected and produced colonial disourses.
Review Quotes:
'This is a complex book, containing areas that will appeal to a variety of readers.' - Language in Society
'...elegantly and provocatively written...It is a timely and thoughtful book written with historical sensitivity and above all, an appreciation of the need to place the question of post colonialism...Pennycook has produced an acute, entertaining and often surprising book.' - Rumina Sethi