English in the Future

Why English is the ruling language?

English Disappearing Theories

(The Marketer’s Goldmine, 2011)

1. USA economy rise The $17.41 trillion US economy is approximately 22.44 percent of the gross world product.(Bajpai, 2015)

2. English language properties:

• 171,476 words .(Erichsen, n.d.)
• Confusing spelling
• Difficult to learn

3. Industrial Revolution: Most scientists who invented new products were English-speakers. (Ives-Keeler,2014)

4. It is the most used in Social Media.

(Statista, 2013)

• Chinese (mandarin) economic growth.
• China´s increasing population.
• New variations of English(Divergence) which will loose the original rules.
• More English learners than native speakers.
• Informality and Slang.

(Mezzopesa, 2014)

Relation to Concepts

English Spreading Theories

Instrumental and Interrogative Motivation

Lingua Franca

Bilingualism

Instrumental: Explains how people often learn language in order to accomplish something.

Interrogative: To learn a language in order to become an integrated member of a particular society.

The phenomenon of people using two or more languages regularly

Is a language spoken by people who do not share

a native language.

ELF (English as a Lingua Franca)=the use of English as a medium to communicate.

Means "Frankish Language",from Italian in the 17th century.

Language Currency

Refers to the value of a language, it can be financially and intellectually.

• English cultural value.
• Easier to learn (Ibrahim, 2005).
• The HSBC bank ran a marketing campaign stating that there were five times more English speakers in China than people living in England.
• Chinese number of speakers is due to its population.
• Chinese universities are teaching their students English.

Culture

Divergence and Convergence

Divergence: Is the process of culture splitting off from each other, developing their use of language separately with less or even no contact.

It refers to the fine arts and a society´s appreciations of them.

Convergence: in linguistic describes what happens when people come together and accommodate for each other through their use of language.

English Growth

1,357 Billions

(Gamio, Noack, 2015)

My Prediction

Although other language may seem to be diversifying, tendencies seem to point to a future with less languages, more variations and slang, and English spreading more (and maybe at some point evolving into a new language).

"By 2115, it’s possible that only about 600 languages will be left on the planet as opposed to today’s 6,000. Japanese will be fine" (Mchorther, 2015)

English in the Future

References

Carla Pérez Gavilán

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• Erichsen G. (n.d.) Does Spanish have fewer words than English? Retrieved from http://spanish.about.com/od/spanishvocabulary/a/size_of_spanish.htm
• Mchworther J.H. (June 2, 2015).What the world will speak in 2115. Retrieved from http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-world-will-speak-in-2115-1420234648
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• Bajpai, P. (February 24, 2015). The world´s top economies. Retrieved from http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/022415/worlds-top-10-economies.asp
• Statista (2013). Millennials: In your opinion, which country or countries will be the biggest driver(s) of growth for the global economy in the next 10 years?Retrieved from http://www.statista.com/statistics/270990/survey-among-millenials-on-economically-important-countries/
• The Marketer’s Goldmine. (November 3, 2011).Tracking the Growth of Social Media in Emerging Markets. Retrieved from http://blogs.position2.com/tracking-the-growth-of-social-media-in-emerging-markets
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