Proto-Indo-European expansion, rise of English, and the international language order: a humanocentric analysis
Shelton A. Gunaratne
International communication began some 6,000 years ago when Proto-Indo-European speakers left their homeland somewhere in the Pontic-Caspian region or Caucasus to expand eastward and westward covering a geographical stretch from India Iceland. This paper examines historical ups downs of Indo-European, family languages, as well several other widely used within framework world system theory associated Eastern philosophical concepts. It pays particular attention evolution English, today's global language, it relates international language order core-periphery concept theory. The perspective provides new insights on phenomena highly conducive emerging field economics language. concepts codependent arising, part-whole interdetermination, dialectical completion relative polarities, karma, impermanence add dimensions hermeneutics itself.
International Journal of the Sociology of Language