critics of global english Flashcards
How did Gradol criticise global englishes
He thinks that English as a lingua franca is losing momentum and it will be stopped
How did McArthur criticise global englishes
he thought that there isnt one English that could spread and instead its fragmented into a family of languages
How did Ostler criticise global englishes
He said that English is only a lingua franca because America and England are in power of the world and when they lose their power English will lose its role.
Technology will intervene which will allow us to translate any language into another so there wont be a need for a lingua franca
How did Mario criticise global englishes
he said that English in other countries isn’t the same as English and shouldn’t associate with it. English hasn’t spread, other languages have just changed
What did Nerriere say to criticise English as a global language?
The future of English will probably look and sound like a stripped-down form of English as nonnative speakers are already stripping out parts of English that cause misunderstandings with other nonnative speakers
What did Seidlnofer suggest?
Nonnative speakers do not distinguish between mass nouns (nouns we don’t pluralise) eg furniture and countable nouns eg ball
Will often say ‘furnitures’
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