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  • on its in-built power asymmetry, that is that the developing countries are seen as being incapable of independent decisions. --- the fact that linguistic imperialism is not falsifiable: there is no scenario where Phillipson would admit that English DOES fulfill a useful role in a third world country.--- Phillipson's left-wing terminology and tone: imperialism itself is a left-wing term.--- a country's linguistic ecology is to complex to fit into Phillipson's neat "black and white" scenario. Phillipon's book can thus be only a start for a discussion on global English. For further reading I recommend Kachru's "The Alchemy of English", Crystals "English as an International Language" (critical reading necessary) and Pennycook's "The Cultural Politics of English as an International Language." {Link without Title}



Two books which I have found useful for understanding linguistic imperialism and its implications are Ngugi's "Decolonising the Mind" and Canagarajah's "Resisting Linguistic Imperialism in English Teaching" but these must be read in conjunction with other works on linguistic imperialism as each one offers a unique slant on the original issue.