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  1. The English language didn’t seal its current status as the world’s common language until the late 1980s. Let’s explore the steps that led up to the adoption of a new international language. Taking a look at the predecessors of English as a lingua franca (ELF), we will begin to explore and have an idea of how such a change comes about in ...

  2. 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.

    • Vladimir M. Smokotin, Anna S. Alekseyenko, Galina I. Petrova
    • 2014
  3. Jan 18, 2022 · Will Mandarin, with its 1.11 billion speakers, eventually replace English as the world’s lingua franca? Will Google or Microsoft Translate moot the issue?

  4. 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.

  5. Aug 30, 2018 · The first ever handbook of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) is a most welcome publication, providing in one comprehensive volume an excellent overview of this relatively new but burgeoning research field, extending over many research areas currently identifiable in publication.

    • Tomokazu Ishikawa
    • 2018
  6. Jan 1, 2016 · This chapter explores the relationship between two modes of international communication: the use of English as a lingua franca (ELF) and multilingualism. ELF provides a means of communication among those who share no other language and is used by people in all parts...

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  8. 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 ...