Robert Phillipson
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Robert Phillipson is Research Professor at Copenhagen Business School
's Department of English. He is perhaps best known for writing Linguistic Imperialism
and English-Only Europe?: Challenging Language Policy (translated in Esperanto
by István Ertl: Ĉu nur-angla Eŭropo? Defio al lingva politiko). He graduated as an undergraduate from Cambridge University
He got his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and his interests include language pedagogy, language policy
, and linguistic human rights.
On 21 February 2010, Phillipson was awarded the Linguapax Prize
along with Miquel Siguan i Soler. Linguapax Institute
describes them as "renowned advocates of multilingual education as a factor of peace and of linguistic rights against cultural and linguistic homogenization processes".
Robert Phillipson is married to Tove Skutnabb-Kangas.
Copenhagen Business School
Copenhagen Business School, also known as CBS, is situated in Copenhagen, Denmark. With more than 17,000 students and 1,300 staff members, CBS is also one of the largest business schools in Europe. CBS offers a wide range of business-oriented university programmes and a research environment...
's Department of English. He is perhaps best known for writing Linguistic Imperialism
Linguistic Imperialism
Linguistic Imperialism is a book by Robert Phillipson, published 1992 by Oxford University Press .In Linguistic Imperialism Phillipson argues that Western countries have used English as a tool of imperialism to dominate colonies and former colonies...
and English-Only Europe?: Challenging Language Policy (translated in Esperanto
Esperanto
is the most widely spoken constructed international auxiliary language. Its name derives from Doktoro Esperanto , the pseudonym under which L. L. Zamenhof published the first book detailing Esperanto, the Unua Libro, in 1887...
by István Ertl: Ĉu nur-angla Eŭropo? Defio al lingva politiko). He graduated as an undergraduate from Cambridge University
He got his PhD from the University of Amsterdam and his interests include language pedagogy, language policy
Language policy
Many countries have a language policy designed to favour or discourage the use of a particular language or set of languages. Although nations historically have used language policies most often to promote one official language at the expense of others, many countries now have policies designed to...
, and linguistic human rights.
On 21 February 2010, Phillipson was awarded the Linguapax Prize
Linguapax Prize
The Linguapax Prize is awarded annually on International Mother Language Day by the Linguapax Institute to "to linguists, researchers, professors and members of the civil society in acknowledgement of their outstanding work in the field linguistic diversity and/or multilingual...
along with Miquel Siguan i Soler. Linguapax Institute
Linguapax Institute
The Linguapax Institute is a non-governmental organization based in Barcelona, Spain, that is "dedicated to the preservation and promotion of linguistic diversity worldwide." Among its areas of concern are endangered languages and Multilingual Education....
describes them as "renowned advocates of multilingual education as a factor of peace and of linguistic rights against cultural and linguistic homogenization processes".
Robert Phillipson is married to Tove Skutnabb-Kangas.