Samuel Jones
Researcher
Samuel Jones is a researcher at Demos. His research interests include culture and the arts, museums and galleries, creativity and the communication of ideas and knowledge through the cultural sector. In particular, he is interested in cross-cultural communications and the role of culture in international relations. In other work, he has focused on Global English and conversations. Recently, he has undertaken research in both the US and China.
at 11:18am
on Monday, 12th February 2007
'We have nothing against the Brits or the American ... But we simply cannot accept that our language is reduced to a local dialect - we are protesting against this linguistic hegemony'.
So said Albert Salon, the president of the French-speaking campagining group, Forum Francophone International
It's a long-standing complaint and is key to the way that native speakers of English are perceived the world over. However, as other French-speakers have observed, English as a global language of communication and business is a fact of life. However, not all of that English is the same. M. Salon's complaints come in advance of two of the key things in our forthcoming pamphlet:
So said Albert Salon, the president of the French-speaking campagining group, Forum Francophone International
It's a long-standing complaint and is key to the way that native speakers of English are perceived the world over. However, as other French-speakers have observed, English as a global language of communication and business is a fact of life. However, not all of that English is the same. M. Salon's complaints come in advance of two of the key things in our forthcoming pamphlet:
- That we need to consider the impact and perceptions that English creates around the world
- We need to think about how we respond to the impact that other languages are having on English
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