<p><strong>Abstract</strong> – The debate which surrounds the role of English as a lingua franca has been lively and extensive over the last twenty years or so. Numerous conferences and specific publications in the field testify to the interest and importance that the question of the development of a possible international functional language has stimulated. The present article aims to critically reassess the claims made for ELF and, at the same time, highlight the profound significance of the issues the debate has raised. Discussion of ELF has touched upon the perception of linguistic diversity, (in)accuracy and variation, intelligibility and the potential functions of an international language. Other topics of profound importance that are...
It is an incontrovertible fact that, with the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF), we are at ...
In 2008, David Crystal estimated that there were approximately two billion English speakers in the w...
The rise of English as a global language and its subsequent use as a means of intercultural communic...
Abstract – The debate which surrounds the role of English as a lingua franca has been lively and ext...
The phenomenon of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has become the subject of considerable debate dur...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
This Textus issue investigates diverse theoretical and practical perspectives on the use of English ...
Abstract - It is an incontrovertible fact that, with the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF),...
There is no doubt that English today represents the language of globalization. In this light, and co...
The current state of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) used in communication between nonnative speake...
English has emerged as the unprecedented Lingua Franca that has taken the world over by a storm. Sus...
The current state of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) used in communication between nonnative speake...
It is an incontrovertible fact that, with the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF), we are at ...
In 2008, David Crystal estimated that there were approximately two billion English speakers in the w...
The rise of English as a global language and its subsequent use as a means of intercultural communic...
Abstract – The debate which surrounds the role of English as a lingua franca has been lively and ext...
The phenomenon of English as a lingua franca (ELF) has become the subject of considerable debate dur...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
The prominent role of English as language of global communication has long been acknowledged in the ...
This Textus issue investigates diverse theoretical and practical perspectives on the use of English ...
Abstract - It is an incontrovertible fact that, with the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF),...
There is no doubt that English today represents the language of globalization. In this light, and co...
The current state of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) used in communication between nonnative speake...
English has emerged as the unprecedented Lingua Franca that has taken the world over by a storm. Sus...
The current state of English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) used in communication between nonnative speake...
It is an incontrovertible fact that, with the spread of English as a lingua franca (ELF), we are at ...
In 2008, David Crystal estimated that there were approximately two billion English speakers in the w...
The rise of English as a global language and its subsequent use as a means of intercultural communic...