Making English a New Latin
Sylwia Scheuer
The paper looks at various aspects of the so-called Latin-English analogy and particularly ways in which English may share fate Latin ultimately becoming a victim its own success. A critical factor history was conceptual split between native non-native varieties, eventually proved instrumental establishing reputation as dead language. author wishes to argue that current proposals for codification Lingua Franca, aimed providing vast numbers L2 learners with pedagogical alternative does not emulate L1 standards, be regarded major steps towards making new Latin: creating similar versus foreigners' English.
Research in Language