![]() ![]() ![]() Hence, despite the putative universals of academia in terms of its normative values and conventions, discourse communities both at the centre and the periphery may be said to be “divided by one language” with respect to the British and American standards. Malaysians of various ethnic origins have used standard British English (SBrE) in both its spoken and written variants in the postcolonial era but current globalisation discourses appear to be increasingly colonised by American English, including in ESL/EFL settings, perhaps powered largely by the “mcdonaldisation” of the world’s economy and the attendant shifts in geopolitical balance of power.
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