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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 English’s role in the ...
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Jan 18, 2022 · The justifications for English — or any language — as a global lingua franca are based primarily in economic efficiency.
English fulfills the need for a global lingua franca, as it has spread to large areas of the world due to various factors such as: Spread of the Latin script ; Colonisation, mainly by the British Empire , [a] thereby making English into the language with the most countries recognizing it as an official language ;
Sep 13, 2012 · The key claim, however, is that Quirk’s position is no longer tenable given the unprecedented extent to which English functions as a global lingua franca in contexts from which native speakers are often absent and where standard English as used by native speakers is no longer seen as a necessary, or even desirable, benchmark of effective ...
- Gibson Ferguson
- 2012
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.
Nov 25, 2016 · 827 Accesses. Abstract. 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’ by the Anglophone settings from which the language originates.
