Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences: The Factors of British and American English Development under Globalisation

Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / The Factors of British and American English Development under Globalisation

Issue: Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2014 7 (6)
Authors: Melnichenko, Konstantin A.
Contact information: Melnichenko, Konstantin A.:Siberian Federal University 79 Svobodny, Krasnoyarsk, 660041, Russia;E-mail:
Keywords: globalisation; international language; language contacts; language maintenance; language planning; language policy; language revitalisation
Abstract: The paper studies the processes which arise during language contacts between the most influential varieties of the English language, British English and American English (BE and AE), and various autochthonous languages of the world under globalisation. The aim of the paper is to reveal the factors determining the development of BE and AE, which currently act as a means of international communication. Diverse multilingual communities use BE and AE to attain their socioeconomic objectives. In this respect, the global language situation was divided into several levels of interaction, depending on the possibility of language communities to use in their socioeconomic activities one or another language. This allowed the author to define the factors and mechanisms of the English language diffusion and to conceptualise the whole diversity of its varieties within a field model that made it possible to forecast the consequences of its future development
Pages: 1041-1048
Paper at repository of SibFU: https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/10399