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Title
The rise of Chinese as a global language : prospects and obstacles / Jeffrey Gil.
ISBN
9783030761714 (electronic bk.)
3030761711 (electronic bk.)
9783030761707
3030761703
Published
Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2021]
Copyright
©2021
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-76171-4 doi
Call Number
PL1074.75 .G55 2021
Dewey Decimal Classification
495.1
Summary
This book investigates the macroacquisition of Chinese--its large-scale acquisition and adoption for various purposes by individuals, governments and organisations--and the implications of this process for the future of English as a global language. The author contextualises the macroacquisition of Chinese within the global ecology of languages, then analyses the factors responsible for the macroacquisition of Chinese, showing, in contrast to most academic and popular commentary, that a character-based writing system will not stop Chinese from becoming a global language. He then articulates three possible future scenarios: English remaining a dominant global language, English and Chinese both being global languages, and Chinese becoming a global language instead of English. The book concludes by outlining directions for further research on the acquisition and use of Chinese around the world. It will be of interest to students and scholars with an interest in English as a global language, Chinese as a second/foreign language, language education policy, and applied linguistics more generally. Jeffrey Gil is a Senior Lecturer in ESOL/TESOL at Flinders University, Australia. He has also taught at universities in China. Jeffrey has published widely on applied linguistics topics and is the author of Soft Power and the Worldwide Promotion of Chinese Language Learning: The Confucius Institute Project (2017).
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Series
Palgrave pivot.
Chapter 1. Introduction: English and Chinese in Today's Multilingual World
Chapter 2. Language Comprehensive Competitiveness: A Conceptual Framework for Investigating the Macroacquisition of Chinese
Chapter 3. The Language Comprehensive Competitiveness of Chinese: The Objective Perspective
Chapter 4. The Language Comprehensive Competitiveness of Chinese: The Subjective Perspective
Chapter 5. A Language Comprehensive Competitiveness Profile of Chinese
Chapter 6. The Character-Based Writing System: An Obstacle to Becoming a Global Language or Not?
Chapter 7. English and Chinese in Tomorrow's Multilingual World: Continuation, Co-existence or Replacement?
Chapter 8. Conclusion.
