Lingua franca

2.2.2.2. Speech Acts According to Searle (1969) it is a subfield of pragmatics which is concerned with the ways in which words can be used not only to present information but also to carry out actions. According to Searle's view (1969), there are only five illocutionary points that speakers can achieve on propositions in an utterance: assertive, commissive, directive, declaratory and expressive illocutionary points. Speech act is the use of speech focusing on the speakers’ intention of…

themselves as English. Norman French began gradually to degenerate and atrophy. While some in England spoke French and some spoke Latin and a few spoke both, everyone, from the highest to the lowest, spoke English, and it gradually became the lingua franca of the nation once…

- Author and Background Zora Neale Hurston was a key American writer during the mid-1900s. Although she wrote many popular novels, short stories, and plays, Hurston is well known for her 1937 novel Their Eyes Were Watching God (TEWWG). Hurston was born in Notasulga, Alabama but grew up in Eatonville, Florida. Her father was a preacher, while her mother was a teacher. Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia states Eatonville was a, “…pleasant all-black town… (Columbia 1)” and claims that Hurston had a…

about 400 million native speakers but, depending on the criterion chosen, can be said to have as many as 2 billion speakers as Crystal and David explains (March 2008), there are many people use English languageand “English is now the acknowledged lingua franca of business, science, medicine, tourism, diplomacy and more.” (Carloz, 2014) so the English language is very important for our life because it is a language in common use for communicates with foreigners…

global affairs. Since the introduction of English Language into the Nigerian society by missionaries and traders in the 19th century, the language has grown to become the country’s preferred language of communication, and is formally Nigeria’s lingua franca. The spread of English…

Chetan Bhagat is one of the famous writers in Indian writing English in present scenario, depicts the role of language in a cultural scenario and consideration of identity in link with the contemporary generation. The modern writers focus on the present issues and problems connecting to a reformed India of recent scenario. He has created a place for himself in Indian literary field by presenting precise quality to his portrayal of the young generation of the country. He is one of those writers…

Billions of people around the world speak English. This language found at large over all the American continent is now spoken across our planet. Non-native speakers have adopted English as the lingua franca to be able to communicate better with each other to facilitate commercial, cultural, or administrative exchanges just to name a few. Many of the countries today that speak the English language are former British colonies, Canada not being an exception to this. Even though it has two official…

Mali slightly less than twice size of Texas is a landlocked countries that shares boarders with seven countries round it. It was boarded by Algeria in the North, Mauritania and Senegal in West, Ivory Coast and Guinea in the South and Niger and Burkina Faso in the East. Mali is considered as one of the biggest country in West Africa and ranking at 24th largest country in the world. The geographical areas of Mali are estimated around 478,839 square miles. Mali official’s name is the Republic of…

Theoretical Literature Review Cultural Imperialism Theory The is the evolution of different methods, and theoretical models for the study of language endangerment and what causes it. In this project, there will be a review of two theories namely, Cultural Imperialism and Technological Determinism.Cultural imperialism is a communication theory made popular by Herbert Schiller in 1973.It talks about the domination of the media by Western nations which has an adverse impact on the culture of other…

FLL.The major differences are the availability of the language input in the environment and the opportunities for using it in meaningful situations. Unlike the FLL learners, ESL learners have more opportunities for learning English which is a lingua franca as it is being spoken by majority of people around the world. Besides, there is a need to learn the language as it is being used frequently for day-to-day tasks especially in the area of employment and for educational purposes. On the other…