It has become commonplace to hear that English is now a sort of “global” language, or lingua franca. Although this might be partly true, is it right to draw the conclusion that native speakers of ...

Languages – and consequently their speakers – are also implicitly ranked on the basis of whether they’re taught at school and considered important languages to know. “Every German remedial lesson goes ...

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