THE SPREAD OF ENGLISH IN A GLOBAL WORLD English‚ as a means of communication has become the world’s "global" language. English is all over the world. Everywhere you go nowadays people seem to be speaking certain level of English. It can be seen wherever you travel - on the airports and train stations‚ on the road signs and advertisement‚ in hotels and restaurant menus‚ and even in the small shops. It comes with the British or American music and films‚ it comes with the news‚ which in many countries
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English as an Official Language In U.S.A “Do we really need another bureaucracy controlling how and what we speak?” ("English Should Not Be the Official Language of the United States." n.d.) I think when the government makes English as an official language‚ people could have a chance to choose what language they want use in their homes. It was surprising to me when I found out that the U.S.A does not have an official language. Although English is many people’s native language‚ it also often used
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including instructions for authors and subscription information: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hcil20 Debating English ’s Hegemony: American‚ Australian and Slovenian Students Discuss “The” Global Language Christof Demont-Heinrich a a University of Denver Published online: 28 Nov 2012. To cite this article: Christof Demont-Heinrich (2012) Debating English ’s Hegemony: American‚ Australian and Slovenian Students Discuss “The” Global Language‚ Critical Inquiry in Language
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English: English is a West Germanic language that was first spoken in England and is now the most widely used language in the world.[4] It is spoken as a first language by a majority of the inhabitants of several nations‚ including the United Kingdom‚ the United States‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Ireland‚ New Zealand and a number of Caribbean nations. It is the third most common native language in the world‚ after Mandarin Chinese and Spanish.[5] It is widely learned as a second language and is an official
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FACTS OF ENGLISH English is a West Germanic Language. It spread with the growth of the British Empire‚ becoming the dominant language in Canada‚ the United States‚ New Zealand and Australia. The growing global influence of the US has further increased the spread of English. Today English is probably the most widely spoken language in the world‚ with many people learning it as a second or foreign language‚ like me and you. It is estimated that there could be as many as 1.5 billion total English speakers
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I. INTRODUCTION Understanding Old English Old English (OE) is the earliest form of English spoken today. Seeing it at first glance‚ we will recognize that the appearance and sound are roughly different from Present Day English. The form started emerging approximately in the fifth century‚ around 449 AD and used for over 600 years before the Norman Conquest 1066 AD. During those 600 years‚ it was going through a constant change. By 1100‚ it had been a completely different language compared to its
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LEXICOGRAPHY AND THE DESCRIPTION OF PHILIPPINE ENGLISH VOCABULARY Historical sources show that Filipino words began to be borrowed into the English of the American colonizers at a very early stage in the colonial period. Today‚ the English used in the Philippines has a distinctive localized vocabulary which finds expression in a range of settings‚ including government‚ education‚ and the media as well as the personal domain. Describing the vocabulary of new Englishes(Lado) In the academic
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Moldova State University Faculty of Foreign Languages and Literature Specialty: Anglophone studies The French loans in English cuisine Gheorghiu Natalia Master degree course Group 111 MP Chișinău 2013 Table of content Introduction.................................................................................................................................3 Methodology and Data used in the Study.................................................................................
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SUMMARY HISTORY OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE CHAPTER 3 : OLD ENGLISH * Old English is a first English language that spoken by Germanic tribes ( Anglo ‚ Saxons ‚ Jutes‚ Frisians ) from 450 S until 1150 S. (The period which full inflection because during most of this period the endings of the noun‚ the verb and the adjective are preserved more or less unimpaired) * Old English has 4 main dialects => Northumbrian ‚ Mercian ‚ West Saxon ‚ Kentish Northumbrian & Mercian are found in the region
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Differences between Mandarin and English Mandarin‚ known by many for being one of the most difficult languages in the world‚ is my mother language. Born in China eighteen years ago‚ I was raised in a Mandarin-speaking environment. Both of my parents have been speaking to me in Mandarin ever since I was a child. Mandarin is the language I usually spoke when I was in China and even in here I speak Mandarin with my Chinese friends. Studying the first language is a slow and natural process which is
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