Japanese nationalism and the global spread of english: An analysis of japanese governmental and public discourses on english

Language and Intercultural Communication

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-55

  Kawai, Yuko ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

English as an official language; Japan; Language planning; Nationalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 43949110089     PISSN: 14708477     EISSN: 1747759X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/laic174.0     Document Type: Article

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