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Feb 26, 2024 · In today’s globalized context, English is not only an essential tool for international discourse but also the premier foreign language in numerous countries, with its symbolic stature and status...
- 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...
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.
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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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;
Dec 28, 2019 · What it does problematise is the place of monolingual Standard English when English is employed as a global lingua franca. Certainly, monolingual Standard English, especially its national varieties in the United States and the United Kingdom, may have a role in a multilingual setting.
- Tomokazu Ishikawa
- t.ishikawa@lab.tamagawa.ac.jp
- 2020
Jan 18, 2022 · The justifications for English — or any language — as a global lingua franca are based primarily in economic efficiency.
Oct 17, 2022 · First published: 17 October 2022. https://doi.org/10.1002/psp.2619. Citations: 2. Sections. PDF. Tools. Share. Abstract. Within higher education, internationalisation is increasingly important for students and academics alike. In this context, English as the lingua franca has gained prominence.
Sep 13, 2012 · The opening chapter, titled ‘What is this thing called English’, argues that the emergence of English as global lingua franca, defined here as the use of English among speakers of different first languages, calls for a reconceptualization of English as a resource appropriated by bilingual users on their own terms and adapted to their own ...