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Titolo
English as a lingua franca and European identity – parallelisms in their development
Autor(es)
Soggetto
English as a Lingua Franca
European identity
globalization
multilingualism
Clasificación UNESCO
5701 Lingüística Aplicada
Fecha de publicación
2022-03-28
Resumen
This paper examines the relationship between English as a lingua
franca (henceforth ELF) and European identity. In the first place, the ELF
phenomenon and its status in the European context, where multilingual policies
prevail, are discussed. Secondly, this article addresses how globalization has
triggered identification processes that are novel and should be treated as such
and it analyses the characteristics of an alleged European identity, triggered
by the pulse of globalizing processes. The role ELF may play in identification
processes with Europe is examined. Finally, this article demonstrates that the
flexible and hybrid nature of both ELF and European identity make them two very
similar phenomena that add an extra layer to localized languages and national
identities, respectively. Under this light, the hypothesis is presented that ELF and
European identity are interconnected, and that ELF may be an essential condition
for a sense of European identity to form.
URI
ISSN
2191-933X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/jelf-2022-2074
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