The new linguistic order.
Never before in the history of humanity has one language been spoken so widely and by so many as English is today. Although it is the mother tongue of only 380 million people, English predominates in everything from high-stakes diplomacy to air traffic control to the Internet. Nonetheless, despite...
| Publicado en: | Foreign Policy no. 113; p. 26 |
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Foreign Policy
Winter 1998-1999
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| Sumario: | Never before in the history of humanity has one language been spoken so widely and by so many as English is today. Although it is the mother tongue of only 380 million people, English predominates in everything from high-stakes diplomacy to air traffic control to the Internet. Nonetheless, despite its current prevalence, professional linguists hesitate to predict into the future the further worldwide spread of English. The writer explains why it may be that the English language will ultimately wane in influence. |
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