Onerako ala txarrerako ingelesa munduko lingua franca da. Batez ere zientzia arloan, eta blog honetan ikusi dugunez, baita MMT edo DTM arloan ere.
Noan Chomsky-k esan zuenez, ingelesa mundu mailan lingua franca da beronen atzetik “the biggest army of the world” dagoelako.
Baina…
Spain is different! Bagenekien[1].
Gaur, gauza guztien gainetik, gora Katalunia libre![2]
[1] Ikus http://www.publico.es/467059/de-franco-a-botella-los-10-momentos-mas-ridiculos-con-el-ingles. What about us, the Basques, and ‘our’ English? Do we care about ‘IT’?
[2] Ikus http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/11/opinion/global/a-referendum-for-catalonia.html?_r=0. Long live Catalonia!
joseba says:
If “A language is a dialect with an army and a navy”, then a lingua franca is a language with the biggest army and navy of the world after it.