Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World
Do the notions of aWorld Lingua Francaa and aWorld Literaturea now need to be firmly relegated to an imperialist-cum-colonialist past? Or can they be rehabilitated in a practical and equitable way that fully endorses a politics of recognition? For scholars in the field of languages and literatures, this is the central dilemma to be faced in a world that is increasingly globalized. In this book, the possible banes and benefits of globalization are illuminated from many different viewpoints by scholars based in Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, and Oceania. Among their more particular topics of discussion are: language spread, language hegemony, and language conservation; literary canons, literature and identity, and literary anthologies; and the bearing of the new communication technologies on languages and literatures alike. Throughout the book, however, the most frequently explored opposition is between languages or literatures perceived as amajora and others perceived as aminora, two terms which are sometimes qualitative in connotation, sometimes quantitative, and sometimes both at once, depending on who is using them and with reference to what.Table 6.1 Grammatical and punctuation errors in the pre-test Type of mistake Occurrence Percentage Gerund 4 1.67% ... (1981), looking at content and organization in the traditional essay writing style, with such benchmarks as introduction, anbsp;...
| Title | : | Major versus Minor? – Languages and Literatures in a Globalized World |
| Author | : | Theo D’haen, Iannis Goerlandt, Roger D. Sell |
| Publisher | : | John Benjamins Publishing Company - 2015-09-15 |
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