English language

English language — Language belonging to the Germanic languages branch of the Indo European language family, widely spoken on six continents. The primary language of the U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, and various Caribbean and Pacific… …   Universalium

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English language — noun an Indo European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑English • Derivationally related forms: ↑English (for: ↑English) …   Useful english dictionary

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English language in England — refers to the English language as spoken in England, part of the United Kingdom. There are many different accents and dialects throughout England and people are often very proud of their local accent or dialect, however there are many associated… …   Wikipedia

English language radio — refers to radio stations that broadcasts primarily in the English language which are in countries where english is not an official language or majority language. Often referred to as English speaking radio or Expats radio the broadcasts enables… …   Wikipedia

English language Scrabble — is the original version of the popular word based board game invented by Alfred Mosher Butts in 1938. He was American and based the game on the letter distribution in the New York Times in English.The Scrabble variant most popular in English is… …   Wikipedia

English language in Europe — The English language in Europe, as a native language, is mainly spoken in the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) and the Republic of Ireland. Outside of these countries, it has a special status in Jersey and Guernsey… …   Wikipedia

ENGLISH LANGUAGE IMPERIALISM — ▪ 1998 by Gerald Knowles       Seen in its simplest terms, language imperialism involves the transfer of a dominant language to other peoples. The transfer is essentially a demonstration of power traditionally military power but also in the… …   Universalium

English language spelling reform — For hundreds of years, many groups and individuals have advocated spelling reform for English. Spelling reformers seek to make English spelling more consistent and more phonetic, so that spellings match pronunciations and follow the alphabetic… …   Wikipedia