Why English as a Lingua Franca? Manfred Görlach‚ a linguist from Germany‚ says that structure and lexicon are important items in a language. The simpler the structure the more people like to use the language. Compared to Latin‚ for instance‚ English is much simpler. Latin has accusative‚ dative‚ genitive‚ feminine‚ masculine‚ or neuter‚ but English does not have such features. Moreover‚ the more vocabulary a language has the better the language. It means that the language is flexible with any other
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English is an important language since it is the most widely spoken language in the world. A majority of the inhabitants of several nations speaks English as a first language‚ such as U.S.‚ England and Canada. It is a prevalent language all over the world. Hence‚ speaking English is a prime way to communicate with others. That is why English is important to me. Undoubtedly‚ English takes a major place in education In Hong Kong. Most of the students under the education system are taught with English
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Paper Number 1 Topic: Why is it important to learn English? Almost every pupil in Germany learns English in school. Most of them start to learn this language in the 4th grade of elementary school and don’t stop to learn it until the 10th grade of secondary school or 12th grade of gymnasium. There are some reasons why pupils learn English from the beginning of their school live. It is very important to learn English. First of all English is the most used language. When people with different
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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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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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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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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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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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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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