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1、ImpactofEnglishGlobalizationonVernaculars’Survival英語全球化對當地語言存續之影響1.Introduction:EnglishGlobalization1.緒論：英語全球化BecauseoftheinfluencesofformerBritishEmpireandtheUSA’spolitical/economicpower,Englishnowadaysisusedinalotofareasaroundtheworld.Oncecalledasthe“sun-neversetcountry”inthe19thcentury,theBritish
2、Empireownedabout1/4landoftheworld.Atthattime,thelanguageoftheruler,theEnglish,wasthelanguagechosenforcommunicationbetweendifferentcoloniesandwithintheBritishEmpire.However,thepowerstartedshiftingfromtheBritishEmpiretotheUSAduringWWIIastheUSAbecamethearmoryofthewholefreeworld.AfterWWII,theUSAsuccessf
3、ullygrabbedtheopportunitytobecomethesuperpoweroftheworldinpoliticandeconomicstagesastheEuropeancountriesworkedhardtorecoverfromthewar.WhiletheBritishEmpireandtheUSAstretchedtheirpowertotheworld,bothcountriesalsobroughtthelanguage,English,tothewholeworldsimultaneously.Englishnowistheofficiallanguagef
4、ormorethan80countries(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_where_English_is_an_official_languge2009)andbecomesthemostfavoritelanguageforinternationalcommunication.WiththeglobalizationofEnglish,Englishispopularinmanyfields,suchasacademy,internationalpoliticalmeetings,entertainment,business,
5、andevenpersonalsocialinteraction.(Buck,2005)Inthefieldofmassmedia,Englishisthemostfavoritelanguage.TaketheTVnewsasanexample.CNNandBBCaregoodchoicestogetinformationaboutthecurrentinternationalnews.ThepossiblereasonsarenotonlythegiantorganizationofthesetwonewsagenciesbutalsothelanguageCNNandBBCusefors
6、preadingnews14,i.e.,English.Intheentertainmentindustry,Englishhasanunparalleledposition.Inthemoviefield,Hollywoodplaysanimportantroleandproduceslotsofmovieseveryyear.AmongthemoviesfromHollywood,mostareinEnglishorcomewithEnglishsubtitles.Inthemusicfield,havingEnglishcommunicationabilityseemstobetheba
7、sicrequirementfortheartiststocompeteintheglobalmarket.ThereasonofchoosingEnglishismainlyduetoitswideacceptabilityintheworld.Accordingtotheestimation(Swales,1987),amongalltheacademicpaperspublishedeach
