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International trade expansions, many MBA programmes taught in English, and much of the technical terminology in science and medicine based on English words make it a “lingua franca”, a global language.
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The number of non-native speakers now outnumbers the native ones.
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Another huge influence on the English language now comes from technological progress.
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The renowned linguist, David Crystal, suggests that “a language becomes a global language because of the power of the people who speak it.”
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Crystal stresses that the increasing importance of English is not because of the structure of the language itself.
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In today’s world, English is everywhere, being the international language of business, commerce, science, medicine, aeronautical, diplomacy, and many other key areas.
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What makes the English language flexible, however, is that it borrows heavily from other languages, particularly Latin, Greek, and French.
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The “power” of English was initially based on political and military factors, Read the text about the English Language. most notably the expansion of the British Empire.
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A good command of English will open doors in any area of the working world.
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Later, the role of English as the language of the scientific, industrial, financial, and economic revolutions further increased its influence.
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Adopting loan words has been a useful evolutionary strategy for language survival, even if English is a Germanic language in its grammar, syntax, and key vocabulary.
