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  1. www.nytimes.com › 2022/01/18 › booksHow the English Language Conquered the World

    Jan 18, 2022 · The justifications for English — or any language — as a global lingua franca are based primarily in economic efficiency.

  2. time.com › 6963810How English's Global Dominance Fails Us | TIME

    Apr 7, 2024 · And while English has continued to be the favored lingua franca in many parts of the world, other languages like Chinese and Spanish are increasingly chipping away at its dominance. English, long...

    • Rosemary Salomone

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  4. www.languageconnections.com › blog › how-the-englishHow the English Language Became the Global Lingua Franca

    • The British Empire
    • The Industrial Revolutions
    • Wartime Language Spread

    By the nineteenth century, Britain was the new title holder for the largest empire in the world. 1. > India 2. > Australia 3. > the West Indies 4. > territories in Africa 5. > territories in the Middle East 6. > British Guiana 7. > Canada 8. > the United States These were among Britain’s conquests, which, all in all, accounted for 400 million peopl...

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    The industrial revolutions in eighteenth and nineteenth century Britain would also help pave the way. Britain was quickly becoming a global leader in science, technology, and invention. The result was the transformation of commercial trends and new English-originated terminology.

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    World Wars I and II also gave clear indications of English language proliferation. The 1919 Treaty of Versailles, at the conclusion of WWI, was written in English, as well as French. Use of English surged with the WWII victory by English-speaking nations and the subsequent formation of the UN. With Europe in ruins after WWII, the United States and ...

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  5. link.springer.com › chapter › 10The Impact of English as a Global Lingua Franca on ... - Springer

    Apr 11, 2018 · Since the number of non-native speakers of English is now substantially larger than its native speakers (the ratio is about 4:1), English in its role as a global lingua franca can be said to be no longer owned by its native speakers, the inner circle of native speakers is no longer the centre of the English speaking world, rather a type of ...

    • Juliane House
    • jhouse@fastmail.fm
    • 2018

  6. link.springer.com › chapter › 10English as a Global Lingua Franca: Lingua Frankensteinia or ...

    Nov 25, 2016 · The global spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF) can be viewed as providing an unprecedented opportunity for intercultural exchange. However, there have been concerns that the dominance of English may result in linguistic and cultural ‘imperialism’...

    • Will Baker
    • 2017

  7. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articleThe Phenomenon of Linguistic Globalization: English as the ...

    Oct 28, 2014 · English as the Global Lingua Franca (EGLF) has become a means of universal communication not only between the native speakers of English and speakers of English as the second language, but also between people with different native languages.

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  9. theconversation.com › italian-government-wants-toWhy English? - The Conversation

    Apr 4, 2023 · Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock. Italian government wants to stop businesses using English – here’s why it’s the lingua franca of firms around the world. Published: April 4, 2023 7:27am EDT. The...