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Globish is a constructed language based on English . The name is a neologism from the words Global and English . This is a very simplified form of the English language. Her vocabulary is based on around 1500 words .
In contrast to Basic English , Simplified English and Special English , it is not formalized and is based solely on collaborative development and further development. Because of this, it is often difficult to say whether or not a specific example of the English language can be considered Globish.
Usage and alternatives
Globish is used more and more as part of a simple understanding within international communication. Globish was specially designed for use in the global economic sector. Above all, it enables easy communication between conversation partners for whom English is a foreign language. Globish builds on level B1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, contains many internationalisms and dispenses with idioms and empty phrases.
Attempts to unify Globish
Efforts have already been made to standardize Globish. This includes:
- A subset of 1500 words that are easy to write and speak was proposed by Madhukar Gogate in 1998.
- A small subset of 1,500 words, but written and spoken in the usual way, was introduced in the 2004 textbook Parlez Globish by Jean-Paul Nerrière and is intended to help French learn English.
literature
- Oliver Baer: From Babylon to Globylon. IFB-Verlag Deutsche Sprache, Paderborn 2011, ISBN 978-3-942409-12-4 .
- Jean-Paul Nerrière / David Hon: Globish - The New World Language? Langenscheidt, Berlin and Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-468-73827-2 .
- Simon Kuper : Why Globish no longer cuts it , in: Financial Times , January 13, 2018, p. L & A3
Individual evidence
- ↑ Baer, Oliver, From Babylon to Globylon. Paderborn 2011. p. 233ff.
- ↑ Gogate Globish profile ( Memento of the original from January 8, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Web links
- Original article by MN Gogate on Globish
- Interview with Jean-Paul Nerrière (author of Parlez Globish )
- Nerrières Globish site
- Globish vocabulary (PDF) (1500 words; from Nerrières Site; 40 kB)
- Yvan Baptistes Site on Nerrières Globish (French; gives tips on how to pronounce 1500 words)
- Article in the International Herald Tribune (April 22, 2005 edition; with comments by Nerrière)
- Critical comments about Globish in the article Globish and Basic Global English (BGE) (PDF; 256 kB), published in Journal for EuroLinguistiX