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English as Lingua Franca

English is a global language. Just have a look at the image.

We'll focus on English in Denmark.

How easy is it to live in Denmark as a foreigner ? Check out the video and the article.

Danish politicians say many crazy things :) But what about English in the Danish language?

Well, If all Danes speak English, then why learn Danish? How hard is it?

Let's examine some of the things that can go wrong when cultures meet.

How does a language adopt new words and change the meaning of words?

Now you know enough to do some actual field work

Bibliography

Anne S. Rasmussen: Focus on Culture: ”Geert Hofstede’s Theories on Culture”, Systime

Victoria Fromkin: “Borrowings and Semantic Changes” i An lntroduction to Language, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1998, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EILOsS0sqzTKkRpkd-RnBw7gnr6XTfQf/view?usp=sharing

BEN HAMILTON: “Political commentator has had enough of the English invasion of Danish society”, Cphpost.dk, 2023, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dic8_6Fv-BGCNSin_QExs_W4YVpOlFLpooPfnKtxS1Q/edit#heading=h.irz1rif378u

Smallbusiness.com: “Examples of Company Failure Due to Cultural Mistakes”, 2020, https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ABcafKLFcYboVkTRSgn76qLMm8Jtq0VqKHwXqsb2SFQ/edit