English as a World Language and as a Mother Tongue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2268151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | R A Close (Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 5-8 |
| Publication date | 1981-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | World Englishes (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0883-2919 • E-ISSN: 1467-971X |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-971x.1981.tb00439.x |
| OpenAlex | W2048867414 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 1 |
The universal demand for English, and the present world dominance of it, have developed only in the last four or five decades. It has sometimes been claimed that the British Council and comparable American agencies have been responsible for this development; but in fact those Anglo-Saxon organizations did not start it. Rather, they have accelerated a movement that had begun before they were born
Dominance (genetics · First language · Linguistics · Political science · Sociology · History · Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity · Multilingual Education and Policy
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,08 |
| Citation span | 1990 - 2020 (31) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |