Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English

Language and power have been interlinked and are noticeable in the form of presence of languages like English, French and Spanish in different countries around the world due to rules of British, French and Spanish colonies. The colonial empires made systematic attempts for linguistic and cultural...

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Main Authors: Al Tiyb Al Khaiyali, Omran Akasha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Lasting Impressions Press 2018-04-01
Series:International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
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Online Access:http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value6%20issue1/17-6-1-18.pdf
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description Language and power have been interlinked and are noticeable in the form of presence of languages like English, French and Spanish in different countries around the world due to rules of British, French and Spanish colonies. The colonial empires made systematic attempts for linguistic and cultural colonization as well making people believe that the language of colonial rulers was superior to their local languages. The spread of English around the globe today had its roots in the colonial empire of British. Through the power, which these rulers enjoyed, they established the hegemony of their language. And in the present day, the economic and military powers of these hegemonic powers are also serving as the tools to establish their linguistic hegemony. With this background, the present paper seeks to review how hegemony of power, which Britain and America enjoyed and enjoy, is correlational with the hegemony of English language spread and use around the globe.
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spelling doaj.art-aef7c73725d94055b055bb0f286748d22022-12-21T19:10:10ZengLasting Impressions PressInternational Journal of English Language and Translation Studies2308-54602308-54602018-04-010601150161Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of EnglishAl Tiyb Al Khaiyali0Omran Akasha1Department of English, Faculty of Arts, University of Sebha, Sebha, LibyaWashington State University, Pullman-WA, USALanguage and power have been interlinked and are noticeable in the form of presence of languages like English, French and Spanish in different countries around the world due to rules of British, French and Spanish colonies. The colonial empires made systematic attempts for linguistic and cultural colonization as well making people believe that the language of colonial rulers was superior to their local languages. The spread of English around the globe today had its roots in the colonial empire of British. Through the power, which these rulers enjoyed, they established the hegemony of their language. And in the present day, the economic and military powers of these hegemonic powers are also serving as the tools to establish their linguistic hegemony. With this background, the present paper seeks to review how hegemony of power, which Britain and America enjoyed and enjoy, is correlational with the hegemony of English language spread and use around the globe.http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value6%20issue1/17-6-1-18.pdfLanguagePowerColonizationHegemonyEnglish language
spellingShingle Al Tiyb Al Khaiyali
Omran Akasha
Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English
International Journal of English Language and Translation Studies
Language
Power
Colonization
Hegemony
English language
title Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English
title_full Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English
title_fullStr Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English
title_full_unstemmed Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English
title_short Hegemony of the Empire to the Language Hegemony: A Correlational Case of English
title_sort hegemony of the empire to the language hegemony a correlational case of english
topic Language
Power
Colonization
Hegemony
English language
url http://www.eltsjournal.org/archive/value6%20issue1/17-6-1-18.pdf
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