0.Introduction The world of languages is evolving quickly.An increasing number of people are willing to adopt a foreign language—English—to communicate with citizens of a different country.An example of this is'...0.Introduction The world of languages is evolving quickly.An increasing number of people are willing to adopt a foreign language—English—to communicate with citizens of a different country.An example of this is'Euro English',a kind of lingua franca used to communicate in Europe,but not always fully understood by native speakers of English from outside Europe,both because the meanings of words are changed (e.g.:'current' becomes 'actual','offer'becomes 'propose','possible'becomes'eventual',etc.)and because the pronunciation may be far from standard.展开更多
文摘0.Introduction The world of languages is evolving quickly.An increasing number of people are willing to adopt a foreign language—English—to communicate with citizens of a different country.An example of this is'Euro English',a kind of lingua franca used to communicate in Europe,but not always fully understood by native speakers of English from outside Europe,both because the meanings of words are changed (e.g.:'current' becomes 'actual','offer'becomes 'propose','possible'becomes'eventual',etc.)and because the pronunciation may be far from standard.
