The interaction between the global and the local has inspired inquiry into the multifarious manifestations of English nowadays, stimulating scholarly research i

In South Korea, English is a language of utmost importance, sought with an unprecedented zeal as an indispensable commodity in education, business, popular cult

The global spread of English both reproduces and reinforces oppressive structures of inequality. But such structures can no longer be seen as imposed from an im

This book examines the special nature of English both as a global and a local language, focusing on some of the ongoing changes and on the emerging new structur