English as a World Language
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22370497 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronald Kephart (University of North Florida, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Pages | 1-9 |
| Publication date | 2020-11-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | OTHER |
| Venue | The International Encyclopedia of Linguistic Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118786093.iela0115 |
| OpenAlex | W3102072332 |
| ISBN | 9781118786093 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 2 |
English emerged from multiple invasions of Britain by Angles, Saxons, Jutes, and Frisians, then Vikings, and then the Normans who conquered England and set about imposing French culture and language. The English that emerged was carried around the world in a frenzy of exploration, colonization, and empire‐building, until at last it became the most widely spread and one of the most highly valued languages on the planet in the realms of education, business, and politics. In the process, many Indigenous languages were reduced to endangered or extinct status. At the same time, contact between English speakers and speakers of other languages has resulted in a number of new languages, called creoles, that have become important in places as far flung as the Caribbean and Papua New Guinea
Ancient history · Archaeology · Biology · Colonization · Empire · Ethnology · Geography · Indigenous · Language contact · Linguistics · New guinea · Political science · Politics · History · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.06 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2009 - 2009 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |