Abstract
In this chapter the focus shifts to a discussion of hegemony and how it operates. It spells out in theoretical terms how language hegemony and political hegemony operate. This leads to a discussion of English as a lingua franca (ELF) and argues that since it does not have the customary relationship with the institutional configurations that consolidate state languages ELF cannot be considered a language in the orthodox sense.
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