Linguistic Imperialism

Short description: Book by Robert Phillipson

For the concept, see Linguistic imperialism.

Linguistic Imperialism

Author| Robert Phillipson
Country| United Kingdom
Subject| Philosophy, social sciences, language, education
Published| 1992
Pages| 365
ISBN| 0194371468
OCLC| 30978070
Followed by| Linguistic Imperialism Continued (2010)

Linguistic Imperialism is a book written by Robert Phillipson, research professor at Copenhagen Business School's Department of English, published in 1992 by Oxford University Press.

In Linguistic Imperialism, Phillipson argues that Western countries have used English as a tool of imperialism to dominate colonies and former colonies. He further explores the ideologies transmitted through the English language.

The book was followed by Linguistic Imperialism Continued, first published by Routledge in 2010.[1]

## See also

* Cultural imperialism
* English as a lingua franca
* Hegemony
* Linguistic imperialism

## References

1. ↑ Waters, Alan. "Linguistic Imperialism Continued". ELT. http://eltj.oxfordjournals.org/content/67/1/126.extract.

Sources

* Phillipson, Robert (1992). Linguistic Imperialism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0194371468. OCLC 30978070.
* Phillipson, Robert (2010). Linguistic Imperialism Continued. New York: Routledge. ISBN 9780415872010. OCLC 730949179.

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