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Do you speak Globish? Geographies of the globalization of English and linguistic diversity

In: Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization

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  • Virginie Mamadouh

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English is widely acknowledged as the language of globalization and the growing hegemony of English has been seen as a main cultural outcome of globalization. This process is shaped by contradictory forces towards linguistic harmonization but also towards diversification, and is geographically uneven. The chapter introduces the hegemony of English driven by globalization before discussing the debates about the impact of globalization on English (Globish vs. World Englishes?) and the future of English. It then turns more specifically to language use on the Internet to show how the technology, originally a vector of Anglicization, has also become a powerful instrument for the expression of linguistic diversity. The prevalence of English and other languages on the Internet is discussed, as well as its possible impact on offline language geographies. The conclusion offers some directions for research agendas regarding the impact of globalization on languages and more specifically the strategies of states and local communities to cope with English, migrants languages and the erosion of the territorial monopoly of national languages.

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  • Virginie Mamadouh, 2018. "Do you speak Globish? Geographies of the globalization of English and linguistic diversity," Chapters, in: Robert C. Kloosterman & Virginie Mamadouh & Pieter Terhorst (ed.), Handbook on the Geographies of Globalization, chapter 15, pages 209-221, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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