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Englishization in Asia: Language and Cultural Issues includes a collection of papers which examine the ways in which 'Englishization, the impact of English, has shaped language, culture and identity in Asia, with a particular focus on China, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. It covers a wide range of issues, such as the politics of English as the dominant global language; lexical borrowing, code-mixing, code-switching and the nativization of languages; Englishization and higher education; the Englishization of Putonghua; the impact of English on literacy practices; English in the Hong Kong arts scene; the representation of ethnicity in Japanese popular culture; and Cantonese-English hip-hop song lyrics. This book will be of value to academics, researchers and students who are interested in the impact of exposure to the English language on Asian languages and cultures.