David Crystal: two aspects of the English language development

The article conveys the point of view of the prominent British linguist David Crystal on the possible ways of the English language development. Two aspects are analysed - the direction in which the English language is developing as the universal language of global communication and the impact of increasing use of the Internet which has been made on the development of languages - English in particular.

Standard English, Identity, Internationalism, Standard English, Identity, Internationalism, Forms of communication, New technologies