Lingua franca

Salikoko S. Mufwene investigated the relationship between colonialism, globalisation and the development of local languages. The objectives of his study include 1. To establish if languages are parasitic. 2. To find out the factors that lead to language extinction.3. To see how globalisation has endangered most languages in the world and Africa in particular. Some of the works used for this deep study include:Mualdhuster (1996),Crystal (2000),Dixon(1997),Brenziger, (1998),Renard (2001).These…

In some countries like United States, many people of different race speak more than one language, that is because people from other countries migrate to United States to seek for better opportunities. Being the so-called Land of Opportunity United States is, it is also known for being a diverse country in terms of ethnic population. Hence, migration is linked to globalization, as well as, the issue with language. For instance, one commercial advertisement of Coca-Cola promotes diversity…

In the world today, we see so many events happening that sometimes we do not know why they occur. In the western side of the world we see people living in more developed countries such as the United States and Europe. As in the eastern side there are countries that are a lower developed countries for example South west Asia and south Asia. To have a comparison between two countries that I will be explaining about are Europe and South West Asia. Those two regions have a lot of differences in…

Besides, the need for acquiring English language vary from the second language for the Malays and the third language for the Chinese and Indians, with Bahasa Malaysia as the official language. Hence, Manglish was naturally developed to be the lingua-franca that is used in informal settings in this multiracial society. For example, a Malay speaker would speak Manglish with certain words and phrases that are understandable by the Chinese and Indians. In addition, Manglish is the simpler version of…

Sierra Leone the majority of the population speaks either Mende or Temne, dividing the nation into south and north, respectively. Meanwhile, only a small percentage of Sierra Leoneans, those with higher educations, know English. However, there is a lingua franca in Sierra Leone, known as Krio, which is a version of Creole based on English, which is understood by most of the population. The final push factor is religion, as sixty percent of the country is Muslim, while ten percent is Christian,…

learned rather than a genetic cause is abuse of science and unethical because the kids were negatively affected especially Group IIA and the results were not even published by Tudor and Johnson. Sources: 4 Erard, Michael. "STUTTER, MEMORY." Lingua Franca: The Review Of Academic Life 11, no. 8 (November 2001): 40. Academic Search Complete, EBSCOhost (accessed May 6,…

An Intern’s Dilemma Were the actions Mark felt were unethical aligned with the corporate culture and values? The unethical requests to Mark for deception were not in alignment with the corporate culture and values of the technology firm. As the text indicated, there was an organizational value disconnect or misunderstanding of standard practices culturally occurring with the local Asia office superiors (Sucher & Preble, 2013). Furthermore, Mark spoke to the CEO about the company’s ethical…

My thesis stated that if the United States and other countries accept English as the lingua franca and adopt an isolationist, monolinguistic outlook, they overlook and exclude the citizens that make up the country. This essay concluded the unit on language and identity, and when you read it as the sample to the class, my writing affirmed my…

The American Dream is commonly taught as man’s common desire to own a house with a ‘white picket fence’ and a car, as well as have a reliable spouse. This American Dream was indeed common during the time period, in which such a term was vaguely beginning to form throughout the nation. However, the American Dream has the potential to vary vastly from individual to individual; it can eclipse any idea that entails a better lifestyle. Since the very birth of the nation, it has existed as a prominent…

According to Bernstein, social status is the substratum of the linguistic process; this is produced by the social environment which becomes the psychological reality and shapes the kind of speech one produces. Thus, the language produced will show some preferences, which are stabilized through time and “eventually come to play an important role in the regulation of intellectual, social and affective orientation” (1971, p.98). Consequently, children who grew up in different social environments…