Globish - Global English
Global English – A “Borderless” World. Throughout the twenty-first century the emergence of globalization has encouraged the appearance of a Global Language. International English or “Globlish” is the concept of English as a global means of communication. A considerable number of non-native English speakers interact with it in their daily life mainly throughout the media. Can we actually talk about Global English as a proper language in itself? If we can, it would mean that people learning and speaking Global English all around the world share common features and common uses of this language. Just as two Americans speaking English in different parts of the world would share. Moreover, the main issue concerning language is the one of variety: It seems difficult to talk about a variety when we have to do with one single language; and even more when we talk about Globalization, that is to say standardization. More than the globalization of a language, we can wonder if the world is living a cultural standardization in the same time. If we consider the major influence and power of the USA today, we tend to think that Global English is associated with American English.
* “If the whole world speaks English, will it still be English?”
The concepts of Global English and “Globish” do not convey the exact same sense. The first objective is to define properly each one of them. The term “Globish” itself:
The term itself is a combination between “Global” and “English”. “Globish” is a simplified version of English. The word itself and the concept behind it are the brain child of Jean-Paul Nerrière, a French business man who speaks English, and his own version of it, Globish, as additional languages. Everyone in the world who wanted to speak English learned this simplified form of it so that they would all learn much faster and be more effective. He assumed that “Globish” is made of 1500 words. Are 1500 words enough to be considered a complete understanding of a language?
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* “If the whole world speaks English, will it still be English?”
The concepts of Global English and “Globish” do not convey the exact same sense. The first objective is to define properly each one of them. The term “Globish” itself:
The term itself is a combination between “Global” and “English”. “Globish” is a simplified version of English. The word itself and the concept behind it are the brain child of Jean-Paul Nerrière, a French business man who speaks English, and his own version of it, Globish, as additional languages. Everyone in the world who wanted to speak English learned this simplified form of it so that they would all learn much faster and be more effective. He assumed that “Globish” is made of 1500 words. Are 1500 words enough to be considered a complete understanding of a language?
On
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