Evaluate the idea that

Evaluate the idea that

1. The main reason English has become a global language is because of colonialism and that the many varieties of English that have emerged are destroying the purity of the language.

   • Initial comments about the unstoppable nature of language change.
     • Accomodation and Equality in the case of India before Colonialisation
       • How the Indian variation differs -
         • What function it serves in Indian society - the status of English
           • L2 Status of the language
     • Carribean
       • Variation = Creole
         • Reasons for change -
           • Inability - to pronounce certain words
             • Seen as a lesser English
   • English already been enriched by contact with other langauges.
     • To complain about changes brought by contact and hybrid is hypocrical
       • Many of the new words =nouns and verbs
     • English - First langauge - second language
       • Kachru's Circle Model
         • Inner Circle - Outer - Expanding Circle