春季学術講演会

JACET九州沖縄支部 ＆ LET九州沖縄支部 共催
　

社会言語学の世界的権威

フライブルグ大学（スイス）教授

ピーター・トラッドギル博士

来日記念講演会

　

◆Dr. Peter J. Trudgill (peter.trudgill@unifr.ch)
　　Professor of English Linguistics, Fribourg University, Switzerland

◆”World Engishes: Convergence or Divergence?”

There are many intellectuals in Great Britian today who are worried about the future of the English language. It is very interesting, however, to note that these worries are of two different kinds. One concern is that English around the world is homogenising under the influence of American English. The other is that English is disintegrating into a number of mutually unintelligible varieties. These concerns can both be wrong, but they cannot both be right. This paper will attempt to resolve this issue.