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English as a global language
Sarah Kay,James Fleming +1 more
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This book discusses the development of English as a global language in the 20th Century and some of the aspects of its development that have changed since the publication of the first edition.Abstract:
A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 521 82347 1 hardback ISBN 0 521 53032 6 paperback Contents List of tables page vii Preface to the second edition ix Preface to the first edition xii 1 Why a global language? 1 What is a global language? 3 What makes a global language? 7 Why do we need a global language? 11 What are the dangers of a global language? 14 Could anything stop a global language? 25 A critical era 27 2 Why English? The historical context 29 Origins 30 America 31 Canada 36 The Caribbean 39 Australia and New Zealand 40 South Africa 43 South Asia 46 Former colonial Africa 49 Southeast Asia and the South Pacific 54 A world view 59 v Contentsread more
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English as a global language: Why a global language?
TL;DR: English is the global language as discussed by the authors, and it is the first global lingua franca and the most widely used language in the world, according to the authors of this paper.
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