Year: 2023
Type: article
Abstract: This paper focuses on English as the primary lingua franca of the globalised world, characterised by the interconnectedness and interdependence of people, nations, and cultures. It seeks to present linguistic transformation from various perspectives and to better understand the current challenges and threats to this transformation process as well as opportunities for its development. The aim of the paper is threefold: (a) to outline the atemporal theme of language as mankind’s greatest boon, recurring in various mythologies and religions; (b) to trace the spread of English across the world and to demonstrate its path to global linguistic hegemony; and (c) to shed light on how English is utilised in cooperation and collective action and on how it can be used for manipulation, deception, and control by knowledge-based societies today.
Source: Perspektywy Kultury
Author: Agnieszka Cierpich-Kozieł
Institution: Jagiellonian University
Language: English
Subfield: Linguistics and Language
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4400973070