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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
Over the last century, English has been developing into the first truly global lingua franca. A lingua franca is most generally defined as a medium of communication among people who do not share a first language. This means that lingua franca interactions happen, by definition, in multilingual settings: they are bi- or multilin-
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.
della lingua globale per eccellenza. Parole chiave: sondaggio, ELF, traduttori, interpreti, percezione, sviluppo del mercato 1 We have found the enemy (or not?) and it is called ELF The spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has opened up communication possibilities to an unprecedented scale with unquestionable advantages. It has
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 ...
- Gibson Ferguson
- 2012
English as a lingua franca, since the current surge of research activity is expanding our understanding of ELF in use—its processes, practices, and linguistic features.
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Jan 31, 2019 · A comprehensive overview of English as a lingua franca research - Jennifer Jenkins, Will Baker & Martin Dewey, The Routledge Handbook of English as a Lingua Franca. London & New York: Routledge, 2018. Pp. xix + 620. Hardback £165/$240, ISBN 978-1-13885-532-8.
