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The Impact of English on Other Languages and Linguistic Justice

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores the implications of English's role as a global lingua franca for other languages, with a particular focus on the transformations these languages undergo due to English influence. Such changes are most evident in the lexical domain, where they are typically examined under the framework of lexical borrowing or Anglicisms ...
Sabine Fiedler
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Linguistic Justice and the Politics of English(es)

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this afterword, I focus on two key contributions that this special issue provides for ongoing discussions of linguistic justice in relation to the internationalization of English. The first is its attempt to address previously reductionist accounts of linguistic justice in political theory, which construct languages only in relation to ...
Stephen May
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Equality Amongst Speakers of English: Distributive and Relational Approaches

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explores how egalitarians should characterise the complex and multifaceted inequalities associated with the ongoing global spread of English(es). We argue that global linguistic inequality today cannot be reduced to a single dimension, such as inequality of power or status.
Andrew Shorten, Sergi Morales‐Gálvez
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Introduction to the Special Issue on English Worldwide and Linguistic Justice

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Three decades after Kachru's characterization of English as a source of both “agony and ecstasy,” debates about its global spread remain ambivalent. Despite significant advances in world Englishes scholarship, celebratory and critical stances toward English continue to coexist, sharpened by the political polarization of our times, and renewed ...
Josep Soler
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English Worldwide and Linguistic Justice: Past and Present

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This opening article of the special issue “English worldwide and linguistic justice” starts from the premise that more interdisciplinary work is needed that bridges sociolinguistic research with linguistic justice theories to provide deeper, more nuanced understandings of the position and functions of English around the world today.
Josep Soler, Thomas Ricento
wiley   +1 more source

Multilingualism, Linguistic Justice and the EU Communication Deficit on Social Media

open access: yesWorld Englishes, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines multilingualism on Twitter/X among European Union (EU) institutions, bodies and agencies using a dataset of nearly 400,000 tweets from corporate accounts, Commissioners and Presidents of European institutions. Employing advanced language detection tools, it assesses how far EU communication reflects its stated commitment ...
Michele Gazzola   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Integrating content and language in higher education: A scoping review of intervention studies

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 14, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract Language is essential for learning and education, for supporting thinking and learning and for knowledge exchange. This premise forms the basis for content‐ and language‐integrated educational approaches, such as CLIL (content‐language‐integrated learning) and CBA (content‐based approach).
M. Okkinga   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

English‐medium‐instruction offered by EFL teachers: Implications from a tier‐three Chinese undergraduate EMI programme

open access: yesReview of Education, Volume 14, Issue 3, December 2026.
Abstract Whilst EMI has been studied extensively across global higher education settings, the debate on EMI teachers' competence has still narrowly centred around English proficiency. Regarding EMI in China, most studies are conducted in top‐tier (tier‐one) universities, whereas little is known about EMI in low‐tier (tier‐three) universities.
Zichen Guan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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