2018
DOI: 10.1504/ejim.2018.089043
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Conceptualising English as a business lingua franca

Abstract: Though a popular and somewhat controversial topic in discussions on language in IB, the notion of English as a (business) lingua franca/(B)ELF still lacks clear conceptualisation. This paper argues that research in IB and linguistics can be mutually complementary and supportive in conceptualising BELF, and that it is important to separate the concept of BELF from that of a common corporate language. The paper synthesises key works from both disciplines to conceptualise BELF as an emergent, multilingual use of … Show more

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“…English is the lingua franca of the “international” academia, including business and MOS (Glatz, 2018; Steyaert and Janssens, 2013). However, research is multilingual, even if international publication is monolingual (Tietze, 2018; Tietze and Dick, 2013).…”
Section: The Lingua Franca and The Neo-colonial Anglo-saxon Journalsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…English is the lingua franca of the “international” academia, including business and MOS (Glatz, 2018; Steyaert and Janssens, 2013). However, research is multilingual, even if international publication is monolingual (Tietze, 2018; Tietze and Dick, 2013).…”
Section: The Lingua Franca and The Neo-colonial Anglo-saxon Journalsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because of the timeliness of speech signal processing and a large number of recorded and played voice signals, if the voice transmission and reception use the first-in-first-out queue for buffering, according to the terminal, data will be sent to the system. If the cost is high and the sound recording and playing cannot be guaranteed reliably, then the audio recording and playing should be realized by DMA [17]. Using this method to record and play the data can realize the setting of the destination address, data source address, and length and can also automatically send buffer to realize filling.…”
Section: Voice Processing Modulementioning
confidence: 99%
“…The English teaching content in international marketing does not meet the learning characteristics of students. Existing international marketing English teaching materials on the market are basically divided into two categories: one is to emphasize the theory of the textbook, the content system close to the "Marketing", the textbook on marketing theory in-depth exposition, few cases [3]. International marketing case materials are the specialty of another category in the textbook.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%