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  1. Study with Quizlet and memorize flashcards containing terms like What is a Lingua Franca?, Are there any other candidates for a Lingua Franca?, How many English speakers are there in the world? How many of these are native/non-native? and more.

  2. Feb 26, 2024 · This paper explores the ascent of English as a global lingua franca within the context of linguistic hegemony, following Phillipson’s 1992 framework. It scrutinizes Englishs role...

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  4. May 16, 2017 · English as a Lingua Franca (henceforth ELF) has the largest number of users of English worldwide, of whom the vast majority are nonnative speakers. The resulting diversity and emergent nature of ELF communication mean that it is not amenable to being captured in descriptions of static norms, and therefore that conventional language assessment ...

  5. Nov 11, 2013 · Speakers of English as a lingua franca (ELF) represent the largest contemporary group of English users around the world. Much empirical research into the phenomenon of ELF over the past 10 years or so has focused on identifying the linguistic regularities of their English in diverse contexts of use. More recently, research has demonstrated the ...

    • Jennifer Jenkins, Constant Leung
    • 2013
  6. May 2, 2021 · The study of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF), that is the language used for communication between non-native speakers outside the borders of the countries where it has an official status as a national language, is acquiring undeniable significance for understanding its development trends. Problem Statement.

  7. Nov 25, 2016 · English as a Global Lingua Franca: Lingua Frankensteinia or Intercultural Opportunity? Will Baker. Chapter. First Online: 25 November 2016. 826 Accesses. Abstract. The global spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF) can be viewed as providing an unprecedented opportunity for intercultural exchange.

  8. English as a lingua franca (ELF) is the use of the English language "as a global means of inter-community communication" and can be understood as "any use of English among speakers of different first languages for whom English is the communicative medium of choice and often the only option".

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