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World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This research article presents an analysis of four (semi‐)modals of necessity/obligation (must, (have) got to, have to and need to) in four CMC registers (comments, tweets, web forums and websites) originating from four South Asian countries (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka) along with the United Kingdom and United States.
Muhammad Shakir
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Towards a Conceptualization of Legal English as a Lingua Franca?
, 2019 Patrizia Anesa
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Language management, discursive power, and English as lingua franca in island countries and territories [PDF]
, 2022 Yangyu Wang, Shuneng Zhong
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Nigerian English: History, functions and features
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This article offers a comprehensive overview of Nigerian English, a rapidly expanding variety of world Englishes, recognised as one of the fastest‐growing varieties of English globally in numerical terms. This article has four aims. First, it discusses the historical developments of English in Nigeria with reference to the events that led to ...
Kingsley O. Ugwuanyi +1 more
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English as Lingua Franca; A Threat to Multilingualism
Cakrawala: Jurnal Pendidikan, 2014 Linguistic imperialism is often seen in the context of cultural imperialism. This article is intended to describe some teories of English as a lingua franca that can be a threat to multilingualism to some extent.
Yoga Prihatin
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The learning potential of English as a lingua franca contexts in the eyes of study abroad students
Studies in Second Language Learning and TeachingThis paper presents insights from two interview studies with the aim of shedding light on the learning potential of studying abroad in an area where English is used as a lingua franca. The majority of previous research on study abroad focuses on students’
Sybille Heinzmann +2 more
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Alternation of must, have to, and need to in English as a lingua franca
World Englishes, EarlyView.Abstract This study explores the grammatical variability of modal auxiliary verbs in English as a lingua franca. Focusing on the ongoing change must, have to, and need to, this research utilizes two spoken corpora: the Vienna–Oxford International Corpus of English (VOICE) and the Asian Corpus of English (ACE).
Chunyuan Nie +2 more
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Advice-giving in the English lingua franca classroom
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus, 2009 Nadeau, Melody Hallenbeck
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Rethinking the Assessment Model for English as a Lingua Franca
, 2019 Komilie Situmorang +2 more
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