The Command of English
The language may be the world’s ruling lingua franca, but it is up against an evolutionary process that could take things in different directions. Will it survive th...
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The language may be the world’s ruling lingua franca, but it is up against an evolutionary process that could take things in different directions. Will it survive th...
The language may be the world’s ruling lingua franca, but it is up against an evolutionary process that could take things in different directions. Will it survive th...
Met with scorn for now, the sentiment against English language is moving from the fringes to mainstream politics. An anti-English movement is brewing in France. Clement Beaune, French Minister for European Affairs led a campaign for “European linguistic diversity” last month, where he emphasized the lack of need for English after Brexit. “Let’s get used to speaking our languages again,” he said. Faced with fierce critics, even domestically, Frexit advocate Francois Asselineau criticized the minister for failing to understand France’s position within the EU. “To believe t...
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Can we just get our vaccinations? Corona dominates the news but we looked at the human impact of the pandemic as city officials said a local company may be able to produce some vaccine too. Andrew Bulkeley, 28.1.2021 - 14:57 Uhr Artikel anhören Photo: dpaThis single vial of vaccine in a large tray is a metaphor for what was promised and what was delivered. Berlin - It feels a little like the wheels are coming off. It’s hard to discern the lines of truth in the fuzzy battle between the European Union and Astrazeneca for a vaccine that doesn’t seem to exist and is or isn’t as po...