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English as Global Language
Dialect
Syntactical level specific of a region
Variation on gramatical
Is a form of a language that is specific to a particular region or group
American (US)
Irish ( Ireland)
Scots( Scotland)
Cockney
Australian
Why English?
Spoken by famous people around the world
Signs and advertisement are written in English
Heard it on TV
Spoken by people who work in tourism
What makes a global language?
Latin during roman empire.
Power: political, military, economic, technological and cultural.
The speakers
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Cultural legacy
Leading leanguage of Britain (17th-18th century)
Leader of the industrial revolution
(18th-19th cntury)
Leading economic power
(19th century)
First rank language in industries
Is one of the official languages used in the UN
Is used for international politics and in the media.
Accent
A manner of pronunciation peculiar to a particular individual location or nation.
Identified with
Socioeconomic status
Locality
Ethnicity
Influence from their first language
Social class
Global Language. What is it?
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A language that is recognized in every country
Mother tongue in
Canada
Britain
United States of America
Ireland
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Why do we need it?
Bussineses communities need a language to comunicate.
People need a "Lingua Franca"
New Englishes
The global outcome cannot be influenced by any social movement (e.x. purist societies)
Ownership of English belongs to no one.
The language is open to changes in unpredictable ways
.
South asian English
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
India
Britain
Scots Eng
Welsh Eng
Irish Eng
West and East Africa, Caribbean and Singapore (among others) have another type of English.
