Multilingual World - Ammon (2010) Flashcards
1
Q
TOP 5 WORLD LANGUAGES
A
CHINESE SPANISH ENGLISH ARABIC HINDI
(CSEAH)
2
Q
“World Language?”
A
related to its GLOBAL FUNCTION; i.e. GLOBAL COMMUNICATION
international
wider: Both sides same lang, lang choice = natural
narrower: both parties native speakers of diff lang
3
Q
International Languages
A
A lang with NO NATIVE SPEAKERS can be international/world lang
- Latin common euro lang after middle ages
- (what was planned for ESPERANTO)
NO. OF NATIVE SPEAKERS NOT VALID CRITERION FOR GLOBALITY OF lang
BUT
ROUGH INDICATOR
