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On the globalization of English: Some internal factors
Author(s) -
Kim Chin W.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
world englishes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.6
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1467-971X
pISSN - 0883-2919
DOI - 10.1111/weng.12366
Subject(s) - simplicity , globalization , flexibility (engineering) , world englishes , linguistics , politics , hegemony , simple (philosophy) , power (physics) , political science , sociology , economics , epistemology , law , philosophy , management , physics , quantum mechanics
Because of a wide range of factors, English has become a global and international language, of incomparable spread and utility in the world today. A number of these factors have been external factors linked to the power and politics of language, but other reasons have been linked to a number of internal factors, including ‘capaciousness’, ‘simplicity’, ‘flexibility’, ‘great literature’ and ‘a simple script’.