The Importance Of The English Language

Robert MacNeil, a writer of many great historical articles, was once, a journalist and news anchor. In his article, “English Belongs to Everybody”, MacNeil responds to the fear of many Americans who believe that Spanish will soon sweep over English. He argues that English can not be diluted by any other language as “it has prospered and grown because it was able to accept and absorb changes,”

There were many different dialects and languages within the native people and while thousands of languages were lost they did leave evidence of their society with these big and efficient cities they

According to historian D. B. Quinn, there were three major reasons for England to expand to the New World: the supplementary economy, the complementary economy, and the emigration thesis. The supplementary economy meant that the New World could produce what England did but in greater quantities, this led to loss of work as people weren’t needed as much to produce things in England, therefore people were to result to crime to gain money; the complementary economy meant that the New World would provide merchandise that England could not produce; and the emigration thesis meant that some of the population in England which was heavily crowded, could move to the New World. How would this effect

The expansion of the English was considered to be of several reasons. One being that of the civil war in England and another for pure power. I believe the main reason is what most things are related to and that is money. The war over power in England left some of the people with the desire to be ruled by a republic government and not a king. This caused the English to establish even more control over the people and caused some to resist even more. Furthermore the English settlements began to establish proprietary colonies and this was the main reason for the British expansion in the Americas.

However, the language these older generations spoke about eventually became the normal way of speaking and writing and then evolved beyond

The British Empire was continuously attempting to expand their kingdom and at the time recover from the

The beginning of the English empire in the New World would begin with the colony of Jamestown. The Virginia Company received a charter from King James I for a settlement in the New World. The Virginia Company sent three ships to the New World, and when they arrived attacks from the American Indians would begin. John

America’s and the United Kingdom’s military might, economic status, diplomatic policies, and disaster relief programs have proven such power and influence in the world. The most prevalent evidence of their power however comes through the English language. According to Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 335 million people speak a form of the English language, representing 101 different countries. As powerful nations, Great Britain and the United states, have colonized and inhabited in numerous areas of the globe, bringing with them their culture and language. Although this may seem adventitious to the mother countries, native languages and cultures were neglected and often lost, with those possible

English, trade, and the United States of America, all great things that came out of British imperialism. Although its reach left some wounds that are not completely healed, it also sparked the creation of key parts of the world we live in today. Overpopulation and economic struggles in Britain allowed people to start anew and birth things like democracy in lands far from home. English was established as the common language, which broke communication barriers and opened the door for trade and commerce. Railroads and new technologies were established in Africa, who was stuck in the stone ages. Our world evolved through the struggles of imperialism, and these changes kick started many new ideas and ventures that have made the world what it is

Encouraged by successful wars in the Americans, Africa, and India, English leaders imagined a new sort of empire. Instead of the freely governed commercial organization of the past, they

This caused further economic expansion and by 1600, the success of this mercantilism, merchant-oriented policies, helped to establish the foundation for overseas colonization. Thus, having a fine economic wealth, the English sent the merchant fleets to compete and challenge Spanish monopoly in the Western Hemisphere. This also helped the factor of growing nationalism among English people. Just like Spain at its prime, England had a strong morale and the pride for their country drove them to expand their empire.

With the globalization, the English Language became the main language of the communication in the world. In this perspective, Dennis Baron discusses in his article Who Owns Global English” the omnipresence and the prevalence of the English in today’s society. For Dennis Baron, English has become the key success in the world platform.

The Native American culture. The Spanish culture. The African culture, “Africans and their children devised a creole language” (Kulikoff 416). The French culture.

The countries of the world during this era began to get together in international organizations and start to communicate. However, it was difficult to run multilingual operations and therefore they decided to use the English language in their international interactions.

     While many of these of the types of English vary as much as American and British English, it is still understood around the world. Without there being English many of the Presidents, dictators, tyrants, and terrorist couldn’t understand each other. At all of their meeting there would have to be someone that spoke all of the languages that the members of the meeting spoke, or several translators which would make the it even more difficult.