How the English Language Conquered the World英語如何征服了世界

“Every time the question of language surfaces，” the Italian Marxist philosopher Antonio Gramsci wrote， “in one way or another a series of other problems are coming to the fore，” like “the enlargement of the governing class，” the “relationships between the governing groups and the national-popular mass” and the fight over “cultural hegemony.” Vindicating Gramsci， Rosemary Salomone’s The Rise of English explores the language wars being fought all over the world， revealing the political， economic and cultural stakes behind these wars， and showing that so far English is winning.

意大利馬克思主義理論家安東尼奧·葛蘭西寫道，“每當(dāng)語言問題浮出水面，一系列其他問題就會以某種方式凸顯出來”，比如“統(tǒng)治階級的擴(kuò)大”“統(tǒng)治團(tuán)體與國民大眾之間的關(guān)系”以及對“文化霸權(quán)”的爭奪。（剩余9942字）