Buying into English : language and investment in the new capitalist world / Catherine Prendergast.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culturePublisher: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2008]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (193 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780822971184 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Buying into English : language and investment in the new capitalist world.DDC classification:
  • 427/.94373 22
LOC classification:
  • PE2751 .P74 2008eb
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Contents:
Introduction : the first language of capitalism -- Lingua non grata : English during communism -- Other worlds in other words -- "We live and learn" -- Real life in English -- The golden cage.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : the first language of capitalism -- Lingua non grata : English during communism -- Other worlds in other words -- "We live and learn" -- Real life in English -- The golden cage.

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