Journal of English Language Teaching

English: The Melting Pot

Priya Salonee

Visiting Scholar, Linguistic Empowerment Cell, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi

Keywords: Globalization, English is the melting pot of languages

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Abstract

Globalization has made English the new language of the global world. Mother Tongue is acquired whereas English as a second or foreign language has to be learnt. The way English is spoken in different parts of the globe is different from one another and also very different from the Standard English. Stress, rhythm and intonation are three important suprasegmental elements used in English and the basic difference in English usage lies in here. Though there are different varieties of English and eyebrows are often raised at their legitimacy but as long as it is comprehensible the purpose is served.

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