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Buying into English : language and investment in the new capitalist world /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prendergast, Catherine, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2008]
Series:Pittsburgh series in composition, literacy, and culture.
Subjects:
English language > Slovakia.
English language > Economic aspects > Slovakia.
Intercultural communication > Slovakia.
English language > Globalization.
Language and culture > Slovakia.
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Table of Contents:
  • 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.