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Developing a Social Critique of Hegemony of English
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Anwar, Yusara; Ali, Nor Liza – International Journal on Social and Education Sciences, 2021
The "language pyramid" in the post-colonial territories as propounded by Melchers and Shaw in 2003 aptly reflects on the status of different languages in Pakistan. At the top is English, with its heritage as a colonial language. Then is the "national" language Urdu which has nationalist value and is spoken by the majority as a…
Descriptors: Critical Theory, Language Planning, Language Dominance, English (Second Language)