Language Choice in a Nation under Transition charts the spread of English into Cambodia and the French efforts to contest this spread in favor of their own language through an analysis of the country's recent history. This book proposes a synthesis of the national-functional and international-critical perspectives. This synthesis emerges from the Cambodian experience and thus adheres to Joshua Fishman's admonition that theory reflect the "sharp bite of local detail and unique historical experience."
| ISBN: | 9781441940599 |
| Publication date: | 11th February 2011 |
| Author: | Thomas Clayton |
| Publisher: | Springer an imprint of Springer US |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 313 pages |
| Series: | Language Policy |
| Genres: |
Language teaching and learning Sociology Education |