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GLOBISH: How the English Language Became the World's Language by Robert McCrum

GLOBISH: How the English Language Became the World's Language Robert McCrum ebook
Format: pdf
Publisher: Doubleday Canada
Page: 0
ISBN: 0385663757, 9780385663755

There is even a “language” called Globish (Global English). A recently-published article in Reuters suggests that even today, English still wins as the default language for business communication around the world. Business Business English, or Globish, is a relatively young language which responds to a global requirement to maximise communication and comprehension in international settings. English is the world's second language. Equally important is the tendency of English to borrow vocabulary and grammar from other languages, adapted and mutilated as needed. The ascent of English as king of languages. It will become more "Globish", "Spanglish", "Franglais", and flexible, based on non-native speakers needs. After writing several other books, varying from a biography of P.G. Is English a tsunami, washing away other languages? Perhaps it is time the native English speaking world learned to become fluent in different languages? Business English is now the language for international exchanges, despite some linguists believing other languages may become more important. This is the phenomenon that has prompted Robert McCrum to write a book called How the English Language Became the World's Language. So in this globalized And will a world who speaks a unified language allow the world's inhabitants to become one people, as the inhabitants of Babel once thought? It takes McCrum roughly 200 pages of the 268-page book to reach the postcolonial 'Globish' speaking world of the recent past. However In tomorrow's world we might see a new language prosper and English might become the language of the past. The survey in question was 'Globish' and Great Business Models for Now All in all, the ability to communicate and perform across the world stage has now become a vital ingredient in an increasingly international and online business world – and English definitely still plays a central role in all this. And as the smaller cultural communities begin to abandon their native languages for dominant languages such as English and Spanish, the number of the world's languages will likely decrease. Review of Robert McCrum's “Globish” by Howard Shapiro (Philadelphia Inquirer). JW: So is English mania good or bad? What has changed is the internet – on which English is the dominant language. McCrum in his book Globish errs with his notion that the linguistic characteristics of a language have an influence on whether it becomes a world language or not. Your native language is your life. Building in part from the work of a former employee of IBM in France, author Robert McCrum recently published Globish: How The English Language Became The World's Language.