Buying into English : language and investment in the new capitalist world / Catherine Prendergast.
By: Prendergast, Catherine.
Material type: TextSeries: Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture. Publisher: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, c2008Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.Description: ix, 180 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9780822943464 (cloth : alk. paper); 0822943468 (cloth : alk. paper); 9780822960010 (pbk. : alk. paper); 082296001X (pbk. : alk. paper).Subject(s): English language -- Slovakia | English language -- Economic aspects -- Slovakia | Intercultural communication -- Slovakia | English language -- Globalization | Language and culture -- SlovakiaDDC classification: 427/.94373 Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher descriptionItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 427.94373 P918 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003372927 |
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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