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1、English-theuniversallanguageontheInternet?AbstractGenerallyspeaking,EnglishistheuniversallanguageontheInternet,butithasnoofficialstatus,anditwillneverhave.ThereasonsforthepositionofEnglisharetheimperialismandeconomicalandpoliticalimportanceofEnglish-s
2、peakingcountries.Linguistically,Englishisextremelyunsuitableforinternationalcommunication,andtheactualwideuseofEnglishtendstopolarizetheworldintoInternetusersandInternetilliterates.ThepositionofEnglishcanonlybealteredbymajorworld-scalepoliticalandecon
3、omicalchanges,suchasincreasingimportanceoftheEuropeanUnionoracoalitionbetweenJapanandChina.SuchpowersmightwishandbeabletopromotealanguageotherthanEnglish,possiblyaconstructedlanguage,forinternationalcommunication.Alternatively,orinadditiontothis,thete
4、chnologyofmachinetranslationmayallowpeopletousetheirownlanguageininternationalcommunication.TableofContents·Preface·Thecurrentsituation·Whyisitso?·EffectsoftheimportanceoftheInternetandEnglish·AnofficiallanguagefortheInternet?·Butcanthingschange?·IsEn
5、glishasuitableuniversallanguage?·Aconstructedinternationallanguage?·Analternative:machinetranslation·FinalremarksPrefaceTheimpulsetowritingthisarticlewasadiscussioninthenewsgroupsci.lang.Theoriginalquestionwas"whetherornotEnglishshouldbemadetheunivers
6、allanguageoftheinternet".Asseveralpeopleremarked,EnglishessentiallyistheuniversallanguageoftheInternet.Nevertheless,thequestion,appropriatelyinterpretedandelaborated,isworthamoredelicatetreatment.IhadpreviouslydiscussedrelatedthemesinmyarticleInternet
7、muuttaamaailman2(TheInternetchangestheworld 2,inFinnish).HereIpresentsomeofthoseideasinEnglishanddevelopthemabitfurther.ThecurrentsituationIngeneral,theuniversallanguageontheInternetisEnglish,ormoreexactlyavaguecollectionoflanguagescalled"English"beca
8、usetheircommonoriginisthenationallanguagespokeninEnglandbytheEnglish.Thatnationallanguagehasspreadovertheworld,andseveralvariantssuchasAmerican(US)English,AustralianEnglish,etcexist.Agreatnumberofpeoplewhosenativelanguageisnoneofthevariantskno
