The Rise and Development of English into the World Language Slobodanka Đolić professor Emeritus, academician of the MIANU academy. Scientific fields: History of the English language development, Applied linguistics & Teaching EFL & ESP/ EST (original) (raw)

The English hegemony of the world in terms of language has become the sine qua non of the modern way of life. International communication depends on knowledge of the English language, and digital evolution has contributed to that to the greatest extent. Today, we can say that the whole world is digitally connected into one networked system of interplanetary communications. English has thus become the world's lingua franca language in the business world on a global scale. The question is whether we can predict the further spread of this language or its stagnation, perhaps even its replacement with some other world language? In this article we want to point out as well as give a basic theoretical overview of the phenomenon of the English language. In the discussion, we rely on the opinions of English linguists to support our idea about the strength of the English people to expand, partially impose, their achievements of civilization by spreading the language worldwide. The world citizens have found the knowledge of English an essentially important element of life. English, therefore, has become a part of everyday life.