English Dominance and Its Influence on International Communication

Abstract

Abstract-With the development of globalization and informatization, there is an undenied fact that more and more people from different countries are communicating and exchanging ideas with each other by one language, that is English. Whether you like English or not, if you want to enter into the wave of globalization and informatization, and conduct effective international communications, or you want to become an influential politician merchant and scientist , you must be able to use English to communicate. The dominance of English is like a snowball, too big to prevent. This thesis discusses the manifestation of English dominance and the necessity of analyzing English dominance. It analyses the reasons of formation of English dominance in international communication from the history of English language development, macro level, technical factors and other comprehensive aspects. Finally, the author analyses the influence English dominance brought to China. Index Terms-international communication, English dominance, influenceCultural hegemony taking place of colonialism is causing widespread concern. However, most studies on cultural hegemony focus on politics, philosophy and other fields. The author thinks that the spread and expansion of English makes English dominance more and more obvious in international communication. I. LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND HEGEMONYLanguage is the carrier of culture, and every language is the crystallization of each culture. It is the process of cultural exchange and cultural diffusion for people to use language to communicate with each other. Language users can gain a sense of cultural identity and social belongings through language. In general, the language of a nation is deeply rooted in national culture, and accompanied by national traditions. Language can not survive, develop and improve without culture. Language is the core of culture. There is no basis for the existence and continuation of culture without language. As a result, the national language has a vital role in maintaining ethic nationality. Language carries culture, but has inextricably association with politics and economy. Language has always been an effective tool for political and cultural struggle, an important means of maintaining and developing countries, and a significant part of national common culture. Culture is the reflection of politics and economy on ideology. Western powerful economic and political strength is bound to create and consolidate a strong position in their culture, thus showing an asymmetry tilt feature of global culture exchange, that is strong culture flow unidirectionally to vulnerable culture. As a result, weak culture is passive, and forced to absorb a large number of strong culture. Conversely, the strong culture is always in a dominant position, and it can select and deploy other culture according to its own needs to strengthen itself. As English is spread and used worldwide, it inevitably becomes an important tool for the output of Western culture, and even a means of Western countries to...

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