English As A Global Language
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English as a global language. A global language acts as a lingua franca a common language that enables people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicities to communicate on a more or less equitable basis. People often talk about english as a global language or lingua franca with more than 350 million people around the world speaking english as a first language and more than 430 million speaking it as a second language there are english speakers in most countries around the world. English global language because of the power of the people who speak it the renowned linguist david crystal suggests that a language becomes a global language because of the power of. English as a global language english has become the global language in the 20th century.
English and rhetoric professor. It is the language of trade diplomacy and the internet. In other countries the languages that are supposed to unite the diverse country increasingly is becoming a second class. However the increase in international languages in particular english isolate smaller languages even within their own homelands.
Historically the essential factor for the establishment of a global language is that it is spoken by those who wield power.