Who does the English language belong to?

• Authors: Jindřiška Šulistová
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The following contribution deals with the relation between language and its users. English is used as an example. It shows the close connection of a language use and (political) culture of a given society in the concrete historical context. It also covers the dislike of so-called original speakers for those ones who use their native tongue as a second language in different environments. The reason for that aversion of native speakers is the understandable effort to keep their own culture identity which is expressed by their own language.

Keywords

EN

language; culture; social identity

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: The Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice, Czech Republic
• Journal: Littera Scripta
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 2
• Pages: 119-121

Dates

published

22.12.2008

Contributors

author

Jindřiška Šulistová

• Institute of Technology and Business in České Budějovice

• [e-mail], Redakce Littera Scripta, Okružní 10, 370 01 České Budějovice, Czech Republic