English, China, and the Olympic Games

Ingrid Piller

English, China, and the Olympic Games

Ingrid Piller

Department of Linguistics

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Abstract

The rise of China has been one of the defining characteristics of the early 21st century. The increase in China’s economic, geopolitical, and military clout has been accompanied by a linguistic paradox, though: the language that has most profited from China’s substantial investments into education and human resource development has been English.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	Language on the move
Publisher	Language on the move
Publication status	Published - 20 Aug 2021

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© 2022 Language on the Move. Version archived for private and non-commercial use with the permission of the author/s and according to publisher conditions. For further rights please contact the publisher.

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200401 applied linguistics and educational linguistics
200405 language in culture and society (sociolinguistics)

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English, China, and the Olympic Games

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