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LING 115 Midterm 2Global Language - correct answer ✔A language that has a special rode and
dominant widespread use throughout the world
Spread not because easy to learn, but because of military, economic, and
cultural power
Reasons for a language having special status WITHIN A COUNTRY - correct
answer ✔Mother tongue of the majority of speakers
Recognized as an official language
Strongly promoted in education - Prominent role in development of a country
Why is English a global language? - correct answer ✔Only a mother tongue
in a few countries
OL in over 70 countries
English is heavily utilized in education around the world
18/19th century: spread as a result of british colonialism
19/20th century: english was spread due to USA's influential role in the world's
economy
,Advantages of and needs for having a global language - correct answer
✔Serve as lingua franca for communication between different mother
tongues, especially with creation of world organizations
Increase in availability of international air travel
Development of modern international communication systems (email, Internet,
etc)
Dangers of a global language - correct answer ✔Less motivation to learn
other languages
Knowledge of English indicates certain level of social class, distinguishes
education levels
Employees worry promotions/job security based on English proficiency rather
than business skill
Endangers minority languages
Will anything stop global languages? - correct answer ✔machine translation
might make lingua francas useless, but not likely situation - not good enough
oral input recognition yet, time lag problem suggests varying grammatical
constructions of sentences leads to delays in processing of language and
increases response time
Inner circle - correct answer ✔Primary language, traditional bases
USA
, Britain
Ireland
Canada
Australia
New Zealand
Outer/Extended Circle - correct answer ✔Spread of English in non-mother
tongue settings, important second language
Singapore, Kenya, India
Expanding Circle - correct answer ✔Recognize importance of English but do
not have a history of colonization by the inner circle or give it any official
status
China, Japan, Greece, Poland
Historical development of English - correct answer ✔17th/18th Century -
England strong naval power, settlement around inner circle
Colonize African territories and Asia
Industrial Revolution - People would come to UK to study and bring back
English to their countries
20th century - International organizations led to restricted set of languages
used, English always included
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