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Global language system

The global language system is the "ingenious pattern of connections between language groups". Dutch sociologist Abram de Swaan developed this theory in 2001 in his book Words of the World: The Global Language System and according to him, "the multilingual connections between language groups do not occur haphazardly, but, on the contrary, they constitute…

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Global language system

Nodes71
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Avg. degree1.97
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related to background · 16
Global language system → According, AD, BC, Celtic, Europe, Firstly, Germanic, Latin, Mediterranean, North, Roman Empire, Rome, Swaan, Then, Thus, Under
related to Importance of Q-value · 15
Global language system → According, Cook, De Swaan, Frequency, However, In, L2, Li, Q-value, Rather, Siegel, Swaan, Swaan's, They, Van Parijs
related to Characteristics · 14
Global language system → Arabic, Catalan, De Swaan, English, For, Meanwhile, On, Persian, Spain, Spanish, Swaan, The, Thus, Using
related to Inadequate evidence for a system · 9
Global language system → English, He, However, Michael Morris, Morris, Questions, Swaan, Swaan's, The
related to Acceptance and Critiques · 7
Global language system → According, August, Google Scholar, However, Swaan's, The, Words
related to Theoretical framework · 6
Global language system → De Swaan, In, Language, Political Economy, Political Sociology, Swaan
related to Translation systems · 2
Global language system → Johan Heilbron, The

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languages language system global peripheral central de q-value core speakers countries also nations english world swaan supercentral german theory hypercentral

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Englandinstance ofthe core countries were found in northwestern Europe and include countries0.80text
Franceinstance ofthe core countries were found in northwestern Europe and include countries0.80text
the Netherlandsinstance ofthe core countries were found in northwestern Europe and include countries0.80text
English or Chinese have high Q-values since they are spoken in many countries across the globeinstance ofCertain languages0.80text
would thus be more economically useful than to less spoken languagesinstance ofCertain languages0.80text
such as Romanian or Hungarian.From an economic perspectiveinstance ofCertain languages0.80text
languages areinstance ofCertain languages0.80text
Global language systemrelated to Acceptance and CritiquesAccording0.60section
Global language systemrelated to Acceptance and CritiquesGoogle Scholar0.60section
Global language systemrelated to Acceptance and CritiquesSwaan's0.60section
Global language systemrelated to Acceptance and CritiquesWords0.60section
Global language systemrelated to Acceptance and CritiquesThe0.60section

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