English as a lingua franca: an overview
El inglés como lengua franca: una visión general
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https://doi.org/10.33936/cognosis.v9i2.5777Resumen
ABSTRACT
In the various fields of communication, there is a need to use a common language that allows effective relationships to be established between speakers of different mother tongues, where English could be the ideal resource for being used globally and internationally. The objective of this work is to point out the concept of English as a lingua franca (ILF), with a greater vision of the two spaces where the use of this language has been more transcendental, and to reveal its three types of speakers categorized by their respective characteristic features. This study was motivated by the importance that communication has, particularly, between speakers whose mother tongue differs from one another. To develop the research, a systematic exploration of scientific articles has been carried out by examining various databases such as Google Scholar, Eric, Library Genesis among others, in the Spanish and English languages, without discrimination of dates or types of study. Literature has been included for findings by scientific survey. Abstracts and, where necessary, full articles have been explored, considering all articles that contain conceptualizations of English as a lingua franca, primarily. Among the most relevant articles have been chosen, English as a lingua Franca: description, domains and application; The discursive accomplishment of normality: On “lingua franca” English and conversation analysis; English as a lingua franca: A threat to multilingualism; English as a lingua franca in the international university: the politics of academic English language policy; among others. Studies on English as a lingua franca have made it possible to determine that the usefulness of this language in communication has a solid scientific basis. In business and higher education, the expansion of English throughout the world is shown, determining the countries that have English as their first language, as a second language, or as a foreign language.
KEYWORDS: Lingua franca; mother tongue; communication; business; higher education.
RESUMEN
En los diversos campos de la comunicación existe la necesidad de utilizar una lengua común que permita establecer relaciones eficaces entre los hablantes de diferente lengua materna, donde el inglés, podría ser el recurso idóneo por ser empleado global e internacionalmente. El objetivo de este trabajo es puntualizar el concepto del inglés como lengua franca (ILF), con una mayor visión a los dos espacios donde el uso de esta lengua ha sido más trascendental, y revelar sus tres tipos de hablantes categorizados por sus respectivos rasgos característicos. Este estudio fue motivado por la importancia que la comunicación tiene, particularmente, entre hablantes cuya lengua materna difiere una de la otra. Para desarrollar la investigación, se ha llevado a cabo una exploración sistemática de artículos científicos examinando varias bases de datos como Google Académico, Eric, Library Genesis entre otras, en los idiomas español e inglés, sin discriminación de fechas ni de tipos de estudio. Se ha incluido literatura por hallazgos mediante sondeo científico. Se ha explorado los resúmenes y, en los casos necesarios, los artículos completos, considerándose todos los artículos que contienen conceptualizaciones de inglés como lengua franca, primordialmente. Entre los artículos más relevantes han sido escogidos, English as a lingua Franca: description, domains and application; The discursive accomplishment of normality: On “lingua franca” English and conversation analysis; English as a lingua franca: A threat to multilingualism; English as a lingua franca in the international university: the politics of academic English language policy; entre otros. Los estudios sobre el inglés como lengua franca han permitido determinar que la utilidad de este idioma en la comunicación tiene una base científica sólida. En los negocios y en la educación superior, se muestra la expansión del inglés en todo el mundo, determinando los países que tienen el inglés como primera lengua, como segunda lengua, o como lengua extranjera.
PALABRAS CLAVE: Lengua franca; lengua materna; comunicación; negocios; educación superior.
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