مجلة اللغة الوظيفية
Volume 9, Numéro 1, Pages 748-758
2022-06-10

The Use Of English In Multilingual Communities And Its Effect As An Official Language On Nations’ Building



Authors : Benzoukh Halima .

Abstract

English is considered as the most used language in today’s world. The present paper comes to shed light on language in the English society. In every society, there are factors that determine language use. The determinants of language use are the factors that determine acceptable linguistic forms in a given society. The paper first makes a comparison between Chomsky’s competence and performance, and Saussure’s terms langue and parole. It then shows how English is employed in many fields. English is the most popular on the internet. It is also regarded as the top business and science language. Since it is widely taught in many countries all over the world, English turns out to be the best means for making communication easier when travelling internationally. The idea of making English as an official language becomes the main issue of national debates in many countries. English in some nations where there are several spoken languages is seen as a politically neutral language. Therefore, the current paper comes to show the importance of using English as an official language in multilingual communities and its impact on nation building.

Keywords

English ; society ; official language ; neutral language ; multilingual communities

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