TY - BOOK AU - Mizumura,Minae AU - Yoshihara,Mari AU - Carpenter,Juliet Winters TI - The fall of language in the age of English SN - 9780231163026 AV - PL523.5 .M5813 2015 U1 - 495.609/051 23 PY - 2015///] CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Japanese language KW - Social aspects KW - English language KW - Influence on Japan N1 - First published in Japan in 2008 by Chikumashobo Ltd., Tokyo. entitled "Nihongo ga horobiru toki: Eigo no seiki no naka de."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Under the blue sky of Iowa: those who write in their own language -- 2. From par avion to via air mail: the fall of French -- 3. People around the world writing in external languages - 4. The birth of Japanese as a national language -- 5. The miracle of modern Japanese literature -- 6. English and national languages in the internet age -- 7. The future of national languages ER -